Orchids can be grouped into three basic types - terrestrial, epiphyte and lithophyte.    From Wordnik.com.  [EzineArticles] Reference

We detached some blocks containing oysters eight inches in diameter, pectens, venuses, and lithophyte polypi.    From Wordnik.com.  [Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 3] Reference

Do they prove a submarine communication between the limestone of the coast with the limestone serving as the basis of lithophyte polypi, and is the fresh water of.    From Wordnik.com.  [Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 3] Reference

Do they prove a submarine communication between the limestone of the coast with the limestone serving as the basis of lithophyte polypi, and is the fresh water of Cuba raised up by hydrostatic pressure across the coral rocks of Cayos, as it is in the bay of Xagua, where, in the middle of the sea, it forms springs frequented by the lamantins?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America] Reference