How do non-green plants get their food?
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Non-green plants such as fungi and bacteria feed on dead and decaying matter to obtain their nourishment. They break down the complex organic molecules present in the dead and decaying matter and convert them into simpler substances outside their body.
Non-green plants cannot make their own food due to the absence of chlorophyll in their leaves.
They can act like parasites by relying on other plants or organisms for their nutritional requirements. Such non-green plants are called parasitic plants. For example, Cuscuta pentagona.
Some plants obtain nutrition from dead and decaying matter, and are known as saprophytes. For example, mushrooms.
There are also plants that form an association with another organism to obtain food and survive together. They are symbiotic plants. For example: fungus and algae.
Additionally, many plants perform photosynthesis without having green leaves. Chlorophyll is disguisedly present, mostly masked by other pigments. It is present in very few quantities but can still perform its function of absorbing sunlight. Thus, they are able to carry out photosynthesis.