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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.



10-09-2007 15:17:32
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