![]() Air plants exchange gases (breathe) at night instead of the day.Īir plants accomplish this nighttime breathing through a fantastic mechanism of photosynthesis called Crassulacean Acid Metabolism, which is more commonly referred to as CAM photosynthesis. While most plants only exchange gases during the daytime, (due to the sunlight's involvement in chemical reactions) air plants are different. Just as humans breathe air by inhaling oxygen and exhaling carbon dioxide, air plants need to exchange gases for survival and growth.
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