epiphyte

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Rabbits flicker in the long grass, occasionally stopping long enough so I can see the black inkwells of their eyes; goblets of ancient epiphytes decorate the brick walls.

From The Guardian

Arranged into a seemingly pulsing orb, masses of epiphyte seeds conjure an entire universe.

From Washington Post

“It’s plant torture,” he says, “because they’re epiphytes — they grow without soil and need good air circulation to thrive.”

From Los Angeles Times

Like the ones in Singapore, the garden’s supertrees were designed to demonstrate a particularly spectacular class of specimens, even for the tropics: epiphytes, or plants that grow without soil, on trees.

From New York Times

Known as epiphytes – plants that grow on other plants – they are Nadkarni’s special field of scientific research, omnipresent in the unique ecosystem of Costa Rica’s montane cloud forest.

From The Guardian