HORTICULTURE

Detailed explanation-1: -symbiosis. epiphyte, also called air plant, any plant that grows upon another plant or object merely for physical support. Epiphytes have no attachment to the ground or other obvious nutrient source and are not parasitic on the supporting plants.

Detailed explanation-2: -Epiphytes or ‘air plants’ are plants that grow on top of other plants (typically trees) co-existing in the most harmonious, harmless way. They derive their nutrients and other vitals from the air, water, dust, and debris around them.

Detailed explanation-3: -The term epiphyte describes a plant which, like a parasite, grows on a host, but unlike a parasite, takes no nutrients from the tree itself and relies on nutrients from the air, falling rain, and the compost that lies on tree branches.

Detailed explanation-4: -Epiphytes vs Parasites Epiphytes are plants that grow on other plants for physical support, without obtaining benefits or causing harm to the host plant. Parasites are organisms which live on or in other organisms and obtain nutrients from the host organisms.