Hedychium, beautifully scented, occurring as an epiphyte. From Wordnik.com. [Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries] Reference
To be noted is the limited numbers of palm and epiphyte species. From Wordnik.com. [Enriquillo wetlands] Reference
'I'm working on a tropical epiphyte called Orchis Ledulum at the moment. From Wordnik.com. [The Striker Portfolio]
Lichens and algae are also speciose components of the epiphyte community. From Wordnik.com. [Tenasserim-South Thailand semi-evergreen rain forests] Reference
Any hopeful epiphyte that took root in the hollow would find its roots rotting quickly. From Wordnik.com. [Mid Flinx]
This stunted, single-story moss - and epiphyte-covered forest contains tree ferns up to 10 m high. From Wordnik.com. [Greater Negros-Panay rain forests] Reference
This stunted, single-story, moss - and epiphyte-covered forest contains tree ferns up to 10 m high. From Wordnik.com. [Mindanao montane rain forests] Reference
It does seem that it is a ground orchid rather than an epiphyte, that will affect the potting medium. From Wordnik.com. [Back To Regular Programming-Mishmash Style* « Fairegarden] Reference
Around 3,200 m sub-tropical give way to temperate species but humidity and epiphyte growth remain high. From Wordnik.com. [Jiuzhaigou Valley Scenic and Historic Interest Area, China] Reference
He aimed his light at a cluster of swollen, bright blue cylinders hanging temptingly from a nearby epiphyte. From Wordnik.com. [Mid Flinx]
Though a dozen or so such leaves grew from a single immense epiphyte, one was large enough to shelter them all. From Wordnik.com. [Mid Flinx]
Teal singled out a large epiphyte that grew from a smaller, overhead branch, identifying it for the AAnn aristocrat. From Wordnik.com. [Mid Flinx]
The banyan tree of India and Pakistan (F. benghalensis) is a crownspreading species which starts life as an epiphyte. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 6] Reference
The local flora includes five species of carnivore plants, one of which is Pinguicola lignicola, the only Cuban epiphyte. From Wordnik.com. [Alejandro de Humbodlt National Park, Cuba] Reference
Common epiphyte families found in Sumatra include Orchidaceae, Gesneriaceae, Melastomaceae, Asclepidiaceae, and Rubiaceae. From Wordnik.com. [Sumatran lowland rain forests] Reference
Flinx looked to right and left, unable to see around the epiphyte-infested bole. and wondered what a Pillar tree might be like. From Wordnik.com. [Mid Flinx]
He uses terms like commensalism and epiphyte, and primary and secondary forest, and crepuscular; and our brains scramble to keep up. From Wordnik.com. [Valerie Tarico: Madagascar: West Knows Best] Reference
A botanist scaled a tree trunk to a height of three meters, and scraped from the trunk a sample of the tiny epiphyte for genetic sequencing. From Wordnik.com. [365 tomorrows » 2009 » October : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day] Reference
He cursed them anyway, adding a few choice words for the root system of the large epiphyte that was threatening to entomb him alive inside his own vessel. From Wordnik.com. [Drowning World]
Whether the flow of electrons upset its internal pH or shocked the host epiphyte or affected the molecular bonds of the substance he didn't know and didn't care. From Wordnik.com. [Drowning World]
This ecoregion is characterized by a lush, tall tropical evergreen forest of huge, buttressed canopy trees reaching 40 m in height and an extremely rich epiphyte flora. From Wordnik.com. [Isthmian-Pacific moist forests] Reference
A striking example of epiphyte accumulation at lower elevations is the Spanish "moss" that festoons the Evangeline oak, baldcypress, and other trees of the eastern Gulf coast. From Wordnik.com. [Outer Coastal Plain Mixed Forest Province (Bailey)] Reference
These are twined around a tree like a huge python or a giant epiphyte. From Wordnik.com. [National Business Review (NBR) New Zealand] Reference
Microprofiles of oxygen in epiphyte communities on submerged macrophytes. From Wordnik.com. [New Content on CO2 Science] Reference
Orivel J, Dejean A (1999) Selection of epiphyte seeds by ant-garden ants. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
One is purely an epiphyte, growing attached to a tree like many of the orchids. From Wordnik.com. [Tropic Days] Reference
Orchids can be grouped into three basic types - terrestrial, epiphyte and lithophyte. From Wordnik.com. [EzineArticles] Reference
Lithophytes are a little like epiphyte types in that their roots are often exposed to the air and they obtain nutrients from debris. From Wordnik.com. [EzineArticles] Reference
This poses special problems for epiphyte seeds, which must move against gravity to arrive at very specific and patchy germination sites. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
In nature, P. aureum is a semi-epiphyte, growing in the debris layer above the soil, on old logs, humus-covered stones and occasionally in the nooks of live oaks. From Wordnik.com. [SFGate: Top News Stories] Reference
And after a little experimenting, the epiphyte finally ceases to do anything for its own support, thenceforth drawing all its supplies ready-made from the sap of its host. From Wordnik.com. [Natural Law in the Spiritual World] Reference
N. - plant obtaining all nourishment from the air; epiphyte. adj. - pertaining to aerial navigation. From Wordnik.com. [xml's Blinklist.com] Reference
Often starting as an epiphyte. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 7] Reference
Many Dendrobiums are epiphyte orchids. From Wordnik.com. [EzineArticles] Reference
(2001) Ants as epiphyte gardeners: comparing the nutrient quality of ant and termite canopy substrates in a Venezuelan lowland rain forest. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
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