Epiphytic

He found what might serve-a certain epiphytic orchid that nestled in the crotch formed by the great lower limbs of an emergent. ❋ Frederick Barthelme (2010)

Ms. Coelho, who not only can wax poetic about the female epiphytic cycad in the Botanical Garden's New World Lowland Rainforest exhibit or the incendiary Capsicum chinense peppers in the Edible Garden area but who also spars gamely with chipmunks on her own property, in Putnam Valley couldn't have been more generous with her time or patient with my level of horticultural idiocy. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Vines of the largest size, creepers, aroids, and bromeliads and more than 150 orchid species are part of the epiphytic realm that grows over the giant trees. ❋ Unknown (2008)

We have found some of the best developed epiphytic bromeliads with large showy flowers there, and at least two species of mistletoes. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Together with epiphytic herbaceous communities (orquedeae, bromeliaceae, cacti, and mosses), and rhodophytes, the mangroves form complex forests responsible for providing a physical buffer against sea swells and winds on the coast, purifying the salt in marine breezes, enriching the coastal profile and producing soil recovery. ❋ Unknown (2008)

She loves ascending into the canopies of giant Sitka Spruces, Western Hemlocks and Western Red Cedars to collect insects and epiphytic lichens. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Born's view of the big epiphytic bromeliad several meters down the vine was unobstructed. ❋ Frederick Barthelme (2010)

The final project I'll talk about is one that's very close to my heart, and it involves an economic and social value that is associated with epiphytic plants. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The understory is characterized by extensive moss growth, both on the ground and on trees, as well as by the occurrence of epiphytic orchids such as Asplenium nidus and ferns such as Freycinetia sp. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Many succulents possess CAM, as do semisucculents such as some yuccas, epiphytic (growing on trees or rocks) orchids, and xerophytic (arid-adapted) bromeliads. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Unionoidae shells provide a suitable substrate for epiphytic and epizoic colonization, and help stabilize fine-grained sediments that other organisms use for habitat. ❋ Unknown (2009)

One of my favorite group of carnivorous plants is the epiphytic Utricularia – the section Orchidioides. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Given the correct conditions vast algal mats can form on the under-surface of sea ice, including both microalgae and macroalgae such as sea-tangle (Fucus distichus), and their associated epiphytic organisms such as Pylaiella littoralis. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Strong pigmentation is typical for numerous microorganisms inhabiting tundra and polar deserts, especially for those that are frequently or permanently exposed to sunlight at the soil surface (lichens and epiphytic bacteria). ❋ Unknown (2009)

Five species of tree characterize the forested montane zone: Nuxia congesta, Podocarpus latifolius, Prunus africana, Rapanea melanophloeos, and Syzygium guineense bamendae, and these trees become increasingly covered with an epiphytic flora, especially orchids and mosses, at higher altitudes. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The great abundance of epiphytes, mosses, and ferns, land orchids and epiphytic lycopodiaceae is characteristic. ❋ Unknown (2008)