A plant that gets moisture and minerals from the air and rain and that usually grows on another plant.
A plant growing on, but not parasitic on, another plant. adj. epiphytic.
An air plant, growing on or with other plants but not in any way parasitic.
A plant growing non-parasitically upon another.
Plant that grows on another plant, without being parasitic. Common epiphytes in rainforests are ferns, orchids, and bromeliads.
A plant growing on (and usually attached to) another plant only for support and not deriving nourishment from the host.
A plant sitting upon another (usually woody) plant, and ±attached to it but, unlike a parasite, obtaining no nourishment from its host.
A plant that grows on, and usually in the branches of, another, but does not steal nourishment from its host; many orchids are examples.
A plant that grows on the trunk, branches, twigs, or in some cases even on the leaves of another plant, but does not steal nourishment from its host as does a parasite; many orchids and bromeliads are examples familiar to gardeners, though epiphytes also include numerous ferns, mosses and lichens, common in humid forest environments.