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epiphyte
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epiphyte /ep·i·phyte/ (ep´ĭ-fīt) an external plant parasite.epiphyt´ic


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And the next thing you know, he's explained that there's roughly 25,000 species of orchids and the difference between epiphytes (grow on trees), lithophytes (grow on rocks) and terrestrials (grow on the ground), some of which grow only in cold weather, others that do best where it's humid.
Monkeys, bats, coat-imundis, agoutis, wild boar, ocelots, anteaters, salamanders, vines, orchids and other epiphytes are some of the living things that frequent and flourish on shade-grown coffee farms, which some experts call "agroforests.
buttresses, stilt (or prop) roots, epiphytes, orchid, bromeliads 4.
 
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