Glossary > GardeningSeptember 26, 2005

What is an Epiphyte?

Epiphytes are plants that live attached to a plant (or other structure like a rock, telephone pole or a building and not in the ground). Epiphytes include many orchids and bromeliads. Epiphytes are not parasites; they get water and nutrients from the air (and not their host).

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