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I have seen Cattleyas and other Epiphytes on trees in Florida.
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It does help to understand that most orchids fall into the categories of Epiphytes, growing without soil, and those that grow in the ground, terrestrials.
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Epiphytes include more than 60 species of orchids (Oncidium, Miltonia, Catasetum, and Warmingia, among other genera).
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Paphs are terrestrials, growing on the forest floor, although a few are Epiphytes, all the ones that we grow are terrestrials.
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Epiphytes are very scarce but not absent, as are moss and lichens.
Sonoran desert 2009
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Epiphytes are abundant, as is the fern Acrostichum aureum.
Alvarado mangroves 2008
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Epiphytes form a notable part of the biodiversity of these montane forests.
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Epiphytes and lithophytes are abundant, and practically every branch, trunk or rock is covered by a dense growth of bryophyta in which are set small plants such as Asplenium aethiopicum, A. rutaefolium, Elaphoglossum aubertii, Hymenophyllum kuhnii, Lycopodium spp.,
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Epiphytes and orchids are lacking in these forests as compared to the western Amazon.
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Epiphytes like Tillandsia recurvata and Rocella tinctoria grow in low, humid areas, and account for a majority of the perennial vegetation.
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