Epiphyte

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Epiphyte

An epiphyte is an organism (maist aften a plant) that growes on the surface o a plant an sorns its moistur an nutrients frae the air, rain, watter (in marine environments) or frae the glaur bingin up around it.

Tillandsia bourgaei growin on an aik tree in Mexico

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