lithophyte

NOUN
  1. plant that grows on rocks or stony soil and derives nourishment from the atmosphere
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How To Use lithophyte In A Sentence

  • There are three basic types: lithophytes, which grow on rock surfaces; epiphytes, which are found on trees; and terrestrials, which live in the ground.
  • Others are terrestrial - they grow on soil - and then there are lithophytes, which grow on rocks.
  • Castillo de in Punta, near the Havannah, on shelves of cavernous rocks, * covered with verdant sea-weeds and living polypi, we find enormous masses of madrepores and other lithophyte corals set in the texture of those shelves. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 3
  • They are mostly epiphytes and lithophytes with fleshy or wiry stems that may grow erect or pendant.
  • Do they prove a submarine communication between the limestone of the coast with the limestone serving as the basis of lithophyte polypi, and is the fresh water of Cuba raised up by hydrostatic pressure across the coral rocks of Cayos, as it is in the bay of Xagua, where, in the middle of the sea, it forms springs frequented by the lamantins? Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America
  • The native varieties are lithophyte, which grow on rocks, epiphyte, which grow on trees, and terrestrial orchids which come from a little tuber and are found growing naturally in the Adelaide Hills.
  • At the foot of the Castillo de in Punta, near the Havannah, on shelves of cavernous rocks, * covered with verdant sea-weeds and living polypi, we find enormous masses of madrepores and other lithophyte corals set in the texture of those shelves. Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America
  • Grow lithophytes in baskets, on cork or on gravel or other planting media.
  • Do they prove a submarine communication between the limestone of the coast with the limestone serving as the basis of lithophyte polypi, and is the fresh water of Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 3
  • Orchids can be grouped into three basic types - terrestrial, epiphyte and lithophyte. EzineArticles
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