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air plant: see epiphyte epiphyte (ĕp`əfīt') or air plant, ..... Click the link for more information. . How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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It is unusual to find a live oak that does not have many epiphytes
or air plants living on it, especially resurrection fern or spanish
moss, that lacy, romantic symbol of the South Spanish moss is an
epiphyte, or tropical air plant, that requires another plant for
mechanical support but not nutrients because it has its own system for
producing food.
Obviously, they've never seen the champion, festooned with hundreds
of air plants and mistletoe and soaring to 55 feet with a trunk more
than 4 feet in diameter. Most
orchids and bromeliads are epiphytes, or air plants. |
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