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Re: Non-Green Plants (2013)

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Post by malingo » Fri, Oct 25, 2019, 9:12 PM UTC

I learned about this recently from a Crime Pays but Botany Doesn't youtube video, searching for rare ferns on Mt Shasta: https://youtu.be/h0Eor4YaO2U?t=541

The narration is mildly NSFW, depending on which part of the video you watch; the video footage itself is 100% SFW.

I learned about the CPBBD channel from a HN post a month ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21041193 -- he's a very sharp botanist and his coarse language and heavy-duty Chicago accent all make for entertaining videos.

Re: Non-Green Plants (2013)

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Post by strainer » Fri, Oct 25, 2019, 9:44 PM UTC

daveslash wrote: post #9

After moving to Southern California I stumbled across these while hiking in the mountains. At first I was sure that they were a fungus. Turns out, they're a plant. Red, parasitic, plants. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarcodes Edit: Another similar plant which grow all around where I grew up in Maine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monotropa_uniflora

Medical herbalist, Yarrow Willard enthuses about these 'saprophytes' in this video[1] Many will find his outlook completely fanciful ( he says they are nervines of the forest) but I think its positive and he is experienced in ways.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eI8s01q0Ojk

Re: Non-Green Plants (2013)

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Post by Meerax » Sat, Oct 26, 2019, 4:01 AM UTC

Doing some reading through wiki about non-green plants I came across thermogenic plants. Not only can some plants exists without chlorophyll, some can also regulate their temperature.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermogenesis

Re: Non-Green Plants (2013)

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Post by mr_toad » Sat, Oct 26, 2019, 4:03 AM UTC

Merrill wrote: post #6

On the other hand, there are non-plants that are green and have chloroplasts. I cultured them from pond water in high school Biology. Interesting creatures. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euglena

Seaweed has chloroplasts and is multicellular, but many species aren’t plants or green. Nature is diverse.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_algae

Re: Non-Green Plants (2013)

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Post by slavik81 » Sat, Oct 26, 2019, 5:25 AM UTC

mr_toad wrote: post #14

Merrill wrote: post #6

On the other hand, there are non-plants that are green and have chloroplasts. I cultured them from pond water in high school Biology. Interesting creatures. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euglena

Seaweed has chloroplasts and is multicellular, but many species aren’t plants or green. Nature is diverse. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_algae

Though, these days they're technically not plants. Red and brown algae have been moved out of the kingdom of Plantae, as they are believed to have developed photosynthesis independently.

Re: Non-Green Plants (2013)

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Post by slavik81 » Sat, Oct 26, 2019, 10:27 AM UTC

slavik81 wrote: post #15

mr_toad wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Seaweed has chloroplasts and is multicellular, but many species aren’t plants or green. Nature is diverse. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_algae

Though, these days they're technically not plants. Red and brown algae have been moved out of the kingdom of Plantae, as they are believed to have developed photosynthesis independently.

If I could edit out that first sentence, I would. You already mentioned that. My apologies.