Why do plants not green make food?

Plants that are not green can make food, but they don't use the same method as green plants.

Here's the breakdown:

* Green plants: Use chlorophyll, a green pigment, to capture sunlight and convert it into energy through photosynthesis. This energy is used to create sugars from water and carbon dioxide, which are the plant's food.

* Non-green plants: These plants lack chlorophyll, so they cannot perform photosynthesis. Instead, they obtain their food in different ways:

* Parasitic plants: They obtain their food by attaching to other living plants and stealing nutrients from them.

* Saprophytic plants: They obtain their food by breaking down dead organic matter, like decaying wood or leaf litter.

* Myco-heterotrophic plants: They have a symbiotic relationship with fungi, where they obtain food from the fungi, which in turn obtain nutrients from other plants.

So, while non-green plants do make food, they do not use photosynthesis. They have evolved unique strategies to obtain nutrients from other sources.