- A
hemiepiphyte is a
plant that
spends part of its life
cycle as an epiphyte. The
seeds of
primary hemiepiphytes germinate in the
canopy and initially...
- the
plant roots both into the soil and over trees, it is
considered a
hemiepiphyte. The
leaves are alternate, leathery, dark green, very large, from 25–90...
- a fig tree in the
family Moraceae. It is a large,
stately evergreen hemiepiphyte and is
native to
southeastern Asia.
Ficus altissima is a large, evergreen...
- Los
Haitises National Park), Cuba,
Puerto Rico, and Florida. It is a
hemiepiphyte; that is, it
grows as an
epiphyte on
rocks or
other trees at the start...
- is
native to
Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia,
Ecuador and Peru, and is a
hemiepiphyte climbing plant. This
Philodendron is kept by
houseplant collectors for...
- may
indirectly harm
their host plant, such as by
intercepting light.
Hemiepiphytes like the
strangler fig
begin as epiphytes, but
eventually set their...
- di
leone (lion's paw). This
member of the arum
family (Araceae) is a
hemiepiphyte with
aerial roots. It is able to grow up to 20 m (66 ft) high in the...
-
Peperomia venezueliana is a
species of herb and
hemiepiphyte subshrub from the
genus Peperomia. It
grows in wet
tropical biomes. It was
discovered by Casimir...
- the
genus Ficus.
Beginning as a
seedling that
grows on
other plants (
hemiepiphyte) or
rocks (lithophyte), F. rubiginosa
matures into a tree 30 m (100 ft)...
- and the
flowers develop at the top of the tree. It
often grows as a
hemiepiphyte on
other rainforest trees.: 43 It
produces racemes up to 2 m (6.5 feet)...
