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 ...

If you were to visit the humid tropics of Asia, Central and South America you would be amazed at all the plants that grow on the branches of trees and even on rocks with no soil. We do have lichens, ...

Patience, gardeners. This winter has outdone the last, leaving even more brown in its wake. While we wait on spring to re-color the outdoors, we can window garden inside. A few houseplants and a ...

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Heat- and humidity-tolerant bromeliads are summer survivors. With more than 2,000 varieties from which to choose, gardeners are just beginning to discover their many uses in the home and landscape.

It will come as no surprise to Randy Strauss that bromeliads can be used as part of a lush tropical-style garden in the Bay Area. He planned it that way when he hired landscape designer David Feix to ...

Ferns, Mosses and Forest Plants -Back by popular demand, Saturday, August 18, 9:00 am – 10:30 am Join Helen Hamilton to look for summer forest plants, ferns and mosses, on a short trail in Freedom ...

Tom Oder is a writer, editor, and communication expert who specializes in sustainability and the environment with a sweet spot for urban agriculture. If you happen to be driving along the Blue Ridge ...

So many of us have the wrong impression of ferns, including me, who thought that giant Staghorns weren’t really ferns but some sort of epiphyte more closely related to bromeliads or tillandsia. Wrong, ...

Perhaps you’ve gazed up at Sunshine State trees and noticed long, curly strands of organic material dangling and swaying in the breeze. Maybe you’ve wondered, “What are those scraggly strings?” Or ...

SANTA ANA, Calif. -- So many of us have the wrong impression of ferns, including me, who thought that giant Staghorns weren't really ferns but some sort of epiphyte more closely related to bromeliads ...