- to
epiphytic communities. For example, it is
estimated that
among epiphytic orchids, as many as 50% are
likely to use it.
Other relevant epiphytic families...
-
Epiphytic bacteria are
bacteria which live non-parasitically on the
surface of a
plant on
various organs such as the leaves, roots, flowers, buds, seeds...
- An
epiphytic fungus is a
fungus that
grows upon, or
attached to, a
living plant. The term
epiphytic derives from the Gr**** epi- (meaning 'upon') and phyton...
- of
primary hemiepiphytes germinate in the
canopy and
initially live
epiphytically. They send
roots downward, and
these roots eventually make
contact with...
-
expanded clay
aggregate and
styrofoam may be emplo****.[citation needed] Some
epiphytic plants may be
grown mounted,
either with
their roots in
potting mix and...
- rhizomes, even
though they grow
underground only in some of the species.
Epiphytic species and many of the
terrestrial ones have above-ground
creeping stolons...
- ferruginea) who
defend the tree
against insects,
browsing mammals, and
epiphytic vines.
Isotopic labelling studies suggest that
plants also
obtain nitrogen...
-
reported as 100
meters (330 ft) long from root to the most
distant stem.
Epiphytic cacti, such as
species of
Rhipsalis or Schlumbergera,
often hang downwards...
- needed]
Unlike most
epiphytic jungle figs,
which ring the
stems of
dicotyledonous support trees from the outside, the
epiphytic bushes of F. religiosa...
-
sustain very
diverse plant and
animal communities.
Distinguished are:
epiphytic communities (that is, bacteria,
algae and
bryozoa that
colonise the surface...
