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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...
- life as a seedling,
which grows on
other plants (epiphyte) or on
rocks (
lithophyte), F. obliqua can grow to 60 m (200 ft) high and
nearly as wide with a...
- a
range of
habitats as
epiphytes (on
branches or
trunks of trees) or
lithophytes. It has a
continuous distribution along the east
coast of
Australia and...
- The
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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growing on the base of the King Fern.
Usually seen as an
epiphyte or
lithophyte, but it may also
appear as a
terrestrial plant. It is
found as far south...
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compared to
vanilla in nature. It
generally occurs as an
epiphyte or
lithophyte - in the
former situation it
frequently grows in
close ****ociation with...
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vicinity of the
limestone Niah
Caves of
northern Sarawak, Malaysia. A
lithophyte with narrow, canoe-shaped leaves, it is
considered obscure even by Alocasia...
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family Orchidaceae.
Orchids in this
genus are
monopodial epiphytes or
lithophytes with long, co**** roots, short,
leafy stems and long-lasting, flat flowers...
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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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large monopodial epiphytes,
except for
Aerides krabiensis,
which is a
lithophyte. They form
pendulous racemes with many long-lasting, fragrant, waxy flowers...
