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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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family Orchidaceae.
Orchids in this
genus are
monopodial epiphytes or
lithophytes with long, co**** roots, short,
leafy stems and long-lasting, flat flowers...
- grow in
tropical regions either on
trees as
epiphytes or on
rocks as
lithophytes. They have two
distinct growth habits.
Species such as D. phyllanthoides...
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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...
- the West
Indies and
South America. They are epiphytes, and a few are
lithophytes. A single,
apical and
succulent leaf
grows on an
elongated pseudobulb...
- 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...
- in the
tropics and subtropics.
Species such as Angrae****
sororium are
lithophytes,
growing on
rocks or very
rocky soil.
Other orchids (including the majority...
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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...
- (and
around 60 species). They grow on
trees (epiphytes) or on
rocks (
lithophytes),
where they
either hang down or form
creeping or
upright shrubs. Their...
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plants in the
family Orchidaceae.
Orchids in this
genus are epiphytes,
lithophytes or
terrestrial plants with flat,
leathery leaves and short-lived flowers...
