How to Use epiphytic in a Sentence

epiphytic

adjective

• Most are epiphytic and have definite vases and straplike, blunt-ended, green leaves.
  — Karen Dardick, sandiegouniontribune.com, 2018-05-17
• Other examples of epiphytic plants are orchids and tillandsias, also known as air plants.
  — Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 2021-03-03
• Common epiphytic houseplants include tillandsia (also known as air plants), orchids and ferns.
  — Alyssa Gautieri, Good Housekeeping, 2022-09-01
• Bromeliads not only grow well in the ground in this climate but also do well in containers or, as epiphytic plants, mounted in trees or attached to fences.
  — Nicole Sours Larson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2022-02-28
• Bird’s Nest Fern These guys are naturally epiphytic when in the rainforest and can be found growing in the nooks of trees high up.
  — Sunset, 2018-01-22
• This year’s Super Bowl is in Miami, which was once home to countless, beautiful, epiphytic orchids.
  — Bob Hirshon, Discover Magazine, 2020-01-31
• Peat moss or one of the coarse fibers, such as osmunda or coir used for epiphytic orchids, are good choices of organic materials that aerate a potting mixture while at the same time retaining water.
  — Boston.com Real Estate, 2019-12-25