Dischidia
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Dischidia is a genus of plants in the "dog-bane" family Apocynaceae, collectively known as the "milkweeds". They are epiphytes, native to tropical areas of China, India as well as Bhutan’s southern bo
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D. bengalensis, Göttingen
D. imbricata on Millettia pinnata at Foster Botanical Garden, Honolulu
D. nummularia habitus, Berlin
Epiphyte
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An epiphyte is a plant or plant-like organism that grows on the surface of another plant or plant-like organism such as kelp. It derives its moisture and nutrients from the air, rain, water or from de
Dischidia
…family Apocynaceae, collectively known as the "milkweeds" (true perennial milkweeds in the Apocynaceae are found in the genus Asclepias). They are epiphytes, native to tropical areas of China, India as well as Bhutan’s southern borders, wherever minimal frost occurs. Additionally, they are known from most…
Tillandsia bourgaei growing on an oak tree in Mexico
Epiphytes can grow on the trunks of trees or sometimes in the canopy of a tree
An epiphytic orchid on a tree in a Brazilian cloud forest
Clinging root of an orchid