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Lithophytes are
plants that grow in or on rocks. They can be
classified as
either epilithic (or epipetric) or endolithic;
epilithic lithophytes grow on...
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leaves of
Macodes sanderiana, a
semiterrestrial or rock-hugging ("
lithophyte") orchid, show a
sparkling silver and gold
veining on a
light green background...
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water shortage.
Plants which grow on
trees or
rocks (as
epiphytes or
lithophytes) also
experience variations in
water availability. Salinity, high light...
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Davallia denticulata is a
widespread species of fern.
Often seen as a
lithophyte or
epiphyte in
different forest types. It may lose all its
fronds in dry...
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Cattleya cinnabarina is a
lithophyte from Brazil,
growing at
intermediate elevations. The
inflorescences emerge from the top of new pseudobulbs, each carrying...
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unpredictable in the
scale of
ecological succession.
Ecological succession Lithophyte Pioneer species Secondary succession Soil
creation Stability (ecology)...
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Utricularia aureomaculata is a small,
probably annual,
lithophyte carnivorous plant that
belongs to the
genus Utricularia. U. aureomaculata is endemic...
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Monophyllaea horsfieldii is an
herbaceous lithophyte belonging to the
family Gesneriaceae and
found mostly on
limestone outcropings in
Borneo and peninsular...
- Himalayas, Nepal, India,
China and Myanmar. It
grows epiphytic on
trees or
lithophyte on
rocks in
lower montane forests at an
altitude of 1000 to 1800 meters...
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subtropical fern
native to
Southeast Asia.
Growing as an
epiphyte or
lithophyte, its
rhizome is
covered in dry, paper-like
fronds while the
larger fronds...
