Carrie Engle from Valley View Farms chats with Jen about the creative opportunities that come with epiphytic plants: mosses and plants that don't require potting soil to thrive. COCKEYSVILLE, Md. — ...
Orchids, mosses, ferns—or epiphytes, defined as nonparasitic plants that grow on other plants—are crucial for Earth’s biodiversity and play essential roles in forests around the world, building ...
The slow transition to spring has one again prompted some people to look outdoors and look up at the beauty that graces our surroundings. It’s there year-round but often becomes a symbol of lazy ...
Many indoor gardeners have regained a fascination with air plants, or Tillandsia, in recent years. It's become somewhat ...
NEW HAVEN -- A couple of epiphytic bloomers are ready to show their stuff at Greenbrier and the Sarah T. Crosby Conservatory, at the greenhouses in Edgerton Park. Bilbergia nutans, also known as ...
On Hainan Island, centuries-old masonry supports an unexpectedly rich diversity of epilithic, or rock-dwelling, plants, highlighting a close ...
Epiphytes, plants such as orchids and mosses that grow in trees, draw nutrients from the air and create refuge for all sorts of other life forms. They are the foundation of forest canopy ecosystems, ...