Lithophytes are plants that grow in or on rocks. They can be classified as either epilithic (or epipetric) or endolithic; epilithic lithophytes grow on...

a range of habitats as epiphytes (on branches or trunks of trees) or lithophytes. It has a continuous distribution along the east coast of Australia and...

The leaves of Macodes sanderiana, a semiterrestrial or rock-hugging ("lithophyte") orchid, show a sparkling silver and gold veining on a light green background...

water shortage. Plants which grow on trees or rocks (as epiphytes or lithophytes) also experience variations in water availability. Salinity, high light...

the family Orchidaceae. It is a miniature sized creeping epiphyte or lithophyte native to Mexico, Guatemala and El Salvador. Meiracyllium trinasutum "IOSPE...

Centinela, Ecuador in 2024. The plant is small in stature and an obligate lithophyte. It lives near waterfalls due to its need of constant moisture. Clark...

Peperomia tuisana is a species of perennial, lithophyte or epiphyte from the genus Peperomia. It was first described by Casimir de Candolle and published...

family Orchidaceae. Orchids in this genus are monopodial epiphytes or lithophytes with long, coarse roots, short, leafy stems and long-lasting, flat flowers...

growing on the base of the King Fern. Usually seen as an epiphyte or lithophyte, but it may also appear as a terrestrial plant. It is found as far south...

Utricularia aureomaculata is a small, probably annual, lithophyte carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. U. aureomaculata is endemic...

Gesneriaceae, native to southern China and northern Vietnam. An epiphyte and lithophyte, it is found growing in forests at elevations from 1,300 to 2,200 m (4...

Beginning as a seedling that grows on other plants (hemiepiphyte) or rocks (lithophyte), F. rubiginosa matures into a tree 30 m (100 ft) high and nearly as wide...

Davallia denticulata is a widespread species of fern. Often seen as a lithophyte or epiphyte in different forest types. It may lose all its fronds in dry...

deposit of humus. The plant is certainly often to be observed growing as a lithophyte – specifically a chasmophyte – in a minimal substrate, e.g. from bird...

vicinity of the limestone Niah Caves of northern Sarawak, Malaysia. A lithophyte with narrow, canoe-shaped leaves, it is considered obscure even by Alocasia...

life as a seedling, which grows on other plants (epiphyte) or on rocks (lithophyte), F. obliqua can grow to 60 m (200 ft) high and nearly as wide with a...

the host tree has been overwhelmed and killed. It can also grow as a lithophyte in a crevice in a rock or a man made structure. It is sometimes planted...

Guinea; Dendrobium bigibbum var. compactum, (C.T.White) Peter B.Adams a lithophyte with a narrow distribution at an elevation of 250 m (800 ft) in the wet...

unpredictable in the scale of ecological succession. Ecological succession Lithophyte Pioneer species Secondary succession Soil creation Stability (ecology)...

Peperomia trichomanoides is a species of lithophyte in the genus Peperomia. It primarily grows on wet tropical biomes. Its Conservation Status is Threatened...

Himalayas, Nepal, India, China and Myanmar. It grows epiphytic on trees or lithophyte on rocks in lower montane forests at an altitude of 1000 to 1800 meters...

appearances vary greatly. Some are epiphytes (growing on other plants) or lithophytes (growing on rock or in rock crevices), and many are xerophytes (drought-tolerant...

large monopodial epiphytes, except for Aerides krabiensis, which is a lithophyte. They form pendulous racemes with many long-lasting, fragrant, waxy flowers...

subtropical fern native to Southeast Asia. Growing as an epiphyte or lithophyte, its rhizome is covered in dry, paper-like fronds while the larger fronds...

white flowers that occur as an inflorescence, of up to 3.5cm long. As a lithophyte, it grows on dry rock crevices. Going by its exclusive discovery in Thalai...

Australian orchid species growers. Dendrobium kingianum is usually a lithophyte but is occasionally an epiphytic or rarely a terrestrial plant. Within...

Peperomia vazquezii is a species of perennial and lithophyte from the genus 'Peperomia'. It grows in wet tropical biomes. It was discovered by Guido Mathieu...

humid tropics of the Malay Peninsula south to Java. It is an epiphyte or lithophyte growing to 1.5 m tall, with leathery, green leaves that are 4–8 cm long...

Wales. They can establish themselves terrestrially, or as an epiphyte or lithophyte, provided that the location has ideal moisture and light levels. In adequate...

from rainforests to deserts. 1,814 species are epiphytes, some are lithophytes, and some are terrestrial. Accordingly, these plants can be found in...