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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...
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Hatiora species are
found as
epiphytes growing on
trees or (rarely)
lithophytes growing on rocks. They are
found in the
tropical rainforests of the Mata...
- 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...
- 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...
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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...
- in the
tropics and subtropics.
Species such as Angrae****
sororium are
lithophytes,
growing on
rocks or very
rocky soil.
Other orchids (including the majority...
- the
orchid family, Orchidaceae.
Plants in this
genus are
epiphytes or
lithophytes and
usually have
short stems,
leaves arranged in two rows, and flowers...
- Thelypteridoideae. The
ferns are terrestrial, with the
exception of a few
which are
lithophytes (grow on rocks). The bulk of the
species are tropical,
although there...
- 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...
