So why are some plants purple?
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sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 20 hours ago
The crazy part is the exact science behind why plants reflect green specifically is still debated. One theory is that, because much of the sun’s energy is released on that wavelength, controlling for it specifically allows the plant to better manage energy fluctuations (highly simplified but you get the idea)
rants_unnecessarily@piefed.social 17 hours ago
sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 16 hours ago
Wish I knew lol
isleepinahammock@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 hours ago
They never got the update.
Aqivex@fedinsfw.app 16 hours ago
Which curiously enough, can also photosynthesize, and more readily absorb energy from green light than chlorophyll!
Makes me wonder what could be achieved with some careful engineering…
rumba@lemmy.zip 6 hours ago
Purple Humans who don’t need to eat.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 7 hours ago
there are plenty of purple plants, im guessing certain plants evolved to do this, and most remain green(there also other complicated mechanism like cam, c2,etc.
rants_unnecessarily@piefed.social 7 hours ago
That paper talks only about it producing red leaves, or “vermilion” as it calls them.
Sirdubdee@piefed.social 11 hours ago
Cold nights while growing.
Zorcron@lemmy.zip 17 hours ago
Very interesting, thanks for the info!
rumba@lemmy.zip 6 hours ago
“Why” and “biology” famously do not get along. The best you can usually do is say it’s evolutionarily advantageous because the true answer is usually a neural network the size of life itself. There are plenty of decent reasons that play parts that we can quibble over, though.