identify identify plants belonging to the category of epiphytes and explain their peculiarities?
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Terrestrial epiphytes
The best-known epiphytic plants include mosses, orchids, and bromeliads such as Spanish moss (of the genus Tillandsia), but epiphytes may be found in every major group of the plant kingdom. 89% of terrestrial epiphyte species (about 24,000) are flowering plants.
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Epiphytes are known as “air plants” because they are not anchored in the soil. Epiphytes derive nutrients from rainwater, air and from other sources. There are many adaptations present in the epiphytes to get nutrients and survive. Epiphytes are found on branches, leaves, trunk and other surfaces of plants , ex - mosses , orchid .
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