SINGAPORE – In July’s Plant Parenting column, you learnt about orchids and other epiphytic plants, which grow on the surfaces ...

There are an incredible 22,000 species of orchids in this world, and around 70% of them are epiphytic. Popular orchids that require no soil are the Ansellia africana and Mystacidium capense.

The diversity and the distribution of epiphytic orchids in Kibale National Park were investigated. Sampling was by the canopy-based methods that included the Single Rope Technique and a local climber.

Little is known about the life history of twig epiphytes or about the demographical responses they have developed in order to survive in such an oligotrophic and often disturbed environment. In order ...

In general epiphytic Orchids are adapted to need very little food and fertilizers are too strong, better to use at half or even 1/4 strength for best result with orchids.

Leafless epiphytic orchids display a unique type of leaflessness, which is characterized by the extensive reduction of their shoot, leading to no net carbon gain.

Orchids are also popular as gifts these days. Most of the tropical orchids we grow are epiphytes, which get their moisture and nutrients from the air and rain and usually grow on other plants.

Epiphytic orchids get their anchorage by rooting into small fissures in rocks or in the bark of the trees on which they grow and which gives them support, and they get their water supply from the ...

The list of some important endemic and endangered orchids of Nilgiris includes, Bulbophyllum acutiflorum- an epiphytic orchid collected first in 1890 by a British Botanist Dr J.D. Hooker, and ...

Epiphytic orchids have modified aerial roots whereas terrestrial orchids are seen under the ground, having a symbiotic relation with a special fungus.

Orchids are easy to care for if you know what they need. (DINAH ROGERS) There was a time when orchids were so expensive only the wealthy could indulge in collecting and growing them. In addition ...