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	Lithophyte - Definition, explanation
		Lithophytes are a type of plant that grows in or on rocks.
		There are a few Paphiopedilum orchids that are lithophytes.
		Lithophytes feed off moss, nutrients in rain water, litter, and even their own dead tissue.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/l/li/lithophyte.php (72 words)

	Thelychiton speciosum, Dendrobium speciosum - Growing Native Plants
		speciosus is usually found growing as a lithophyte (growing on rocks) on sandstone or granite in damper sclerophyll forest or occasionally rainforest, or growing as an epiphyte (from the trunk or branches of another plant).
		To grow this plant as an epiphyte or a lithophyte, a form where it can contribute greatly to a garden’s interest and beauty, it is necessary to attach the plant by plastic-covered wire, or even a pair of pantyhose, for at least one growing season.
		During this period the plant must be well watered to allow for the roots to establish a hold on the substrate.
	www.anbg.gov.au /gnp/interns-2003/thelychiton-speciosum.html (714 words)

	lithophyte - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Lithophyte definition, words related to lithophyte, proper usage and pronunciation of the word...
		Botany A plant that grows on rock and derives its nourishment chiefly from the atmosphere.
		Sometimes it can be found growing among grasses and low shrubs as a lithophyte.
	encarta.msn.com /lithophyte.html (0 words)

	lithophyte - OneLook Dictionary Search
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		lithophyte : The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
		lithophyte : The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words [home, info]
	www.onelook.com /?w=lithophyte&ls=a (161 words)

	Geographic
		Lithophytic means they attach themselves to the surface of rocks and mossy banks.
		Some species are able to grow either as epiphytes or lithophytes, for example Phalaenopsis sumatrana and Phalaenopsis lowii.
		I have tried to list all the known information I could obtain and therefore I apologize if there may be some information that I have omitted or could not be found.
	www.karls-orchids.net /geographic.htm (0 words)

	Science Fair Projects - Lithophyte
		Lithophytes are a type of plant that grows in or on rocks.
		There are a few Paphiopedilum orchids that are lithophytes.
		Lithophytes feed off moss, nutrients in rain water, litter, and even their own dead tissue.
	www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Lithophyte (202 words)

	lithophyte - definition by dict.die.net
		lithophyte n : plant that grows on rocks or stony soil and derives nourishment from the atmosphere [syn: lithophytic plant]
		lithophyte.] (Zo["o]l.) A hard, or stony, plantlike organism, as the gorgonians, corals, and corallines, esp. those gorgonians having a calcareous axis.
		All the lithophytes except the corallines are animals.
	dict.die.net /lithophyte (49 words)

	Phil's Orchid World Monthly Culture
		This is an epiphyte or lithophyte, producing thick fleshy roots, often with erect aerial roots surrounding the base of the plant.
		This species grows as an epiphyte or lithophyte, with pseudobulbs 50 to 170 mm long, 20 to 60 mm in diameter.
		This again is an epiphytic or lithophyte plant, with pseudobulbs up to 50 mm long, 50 mm in diameter.
	www.angelfire.com /or3/orchidsnz/culture/spiridorchis.htm (2328 words)

	* Lithophyte - (Gardening): Definition
		Lithophyte: A plant that grows naturally on rocky ground.
		LITHOPHYTE - Plants that grow on rocks or other areas that do not need soil.
		In the wild, Australian orchids are mostly either epiphytes growing on the bark of trees or shrubs, or lithophytes growing on wet cliff-faces or boulders.
	en.mimi.hu /gardening/lithophyte.html (92 words)

	Lithophyte Information
		Lithophytes are a type of plant that grows in or on rocks.
		There are a few Paphiopedilum orchids that are lithophytes.
		Lithophytes feed off moss, nutrients in rain water, litter, and even their own dead tissue.
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/Lithophyte (45 words)

	Lithophyte Project at the San Antonio Botanical Gardens, Don Pylant, 20 May 98
		The lithophyte display that is home for plants that prefer growing on rock starts with a 26 foot wide emerald forest pool.
		This is the foundation for 30 tons of volcanic stone set against the walls We then attached lithophytic plants to these rocks at appropriate heights and light levels.
		Lithophytes are plants that are NORMALLY found growing on rocks.
	www.geocities.com /~marylois/arch103.html (1348 words)

	Lithophyte
		[Litho- Greek expression plant: compare to the French expression lithophyte.].
		Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).
		Words rhyming with "lithophyte" (pronounced '*Lith"ophyte**'): Aerophyte, Anophyte, Carpophyte, gametophyte, halophyte, hydrophyte, Microphyte, Myrmecophyte, Neophyte, Oophyte, Protophyte, saprophyte, Schizophyte, spermatophyte, Spermophyte, sporophyte, Zoophyte, Zymophyte.
	www.websters-online-dictionary.org /definition/english/li/lithophyte.html (201 words)

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		Utricularia kumaonensis (Oliv.) small or very small, delicate annual, epiphyte, lithophyte, or terrestrial.
		Utricularia pulchra (P.Taylor) small, delicate, probably annual, terrestrial or lithophyte.
		Utricularia steenisii (P.Taylor) small, delicate, annual terrestrial or lithophyte.
	www.humboldt.edu /%7Errz7001/missing.html (359 words)

	Supplementing Calcicolous Paphs
		Attached by its roots to steep limestone cliffs or in pockets filled with humus
		Grows in large clumps on branches and trunks of trees, rarely lithophytically
		North facing rocky slopes on steep volcanic mountains
	www.ladyslipper.com /calsub.htm (1003 words)

	Cattleya percivaliana
		At higher elevations it can be seen growing on steep rock faces.
		Sometimes it can be found growing among grasses and low shrubs as a lithophyte.
		Often, it has the company of other orchids such as epidendrums and sobralias.
	www.orchidworks.com /percivaliana/flowers (234 words)

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