Epiphytes,
By Marcia Malory,
Earth Facts,
"Epiphytes, which include many species of orchid, are plants that live on the surface of other plants."
Visit the web site for photo and to learn more READ MORE http://www.earthfacts.com/rainforests/epiphytes/
What are Epiphytic Plants?
Written by S.E. Smith
Wisegeek.com
Epiphytic plants are plants which rely on other plants for support, growing on trunks and branches rather than rooting themselves t READ MORE http://www.wisegeek.com/what-are-epiphytic-plants.htm
Ferns and Bromeliads | Rainforests,
By Marcia Malory,
EarthFacts.com
"Ferns and bromeliads have evolved unusual ways of storing water in the rainforest environment."
Visit the web site to lear READ MORE http://www.earthfacts.com/rainforests/fernsbromeliads/
Journey into Amazonia - Power Plants
by Michael J. Balick, Ph.D., The New York Botanical Garden
PBS.org
Green Treasure - The Useful Plants of the Amazon Valley
Since the earliest adventurers e READ MORE http://www.pbs.org/journeyintoamazonia/plants.html
Tropical Rainforest Plants Introduction
Missouri Botanical Gardens
The following plant adaptations enable tropical plants to live in the hot, humid, and wet conditions of the tropical rainforest READ MORE http://www.mbgnet.net/sets/rforest/plants/valley.htm
The Living Edens "Manu" - Flora: Plants,
By Glenn Shepard Jr.,
Medical Anthropologist and Ethnobotanist,
PBS.org,
"The rainforests of the Amazon contain dozens of useful plants that are used in READ MORE http://www.pbs.org/edens/manu/flora.htm
Amazon Rainforest Flora
Amazon-Rainforest.org
The Amazon rainforest has a huge live collection of flora species. Botanical experts say that in 2.5 acres of the forest you can find 700 different sp READ MORE http://www.amazon-rainforest.org/flora.html
Research & Resources: Species Profiles
Rainforest-Alliance.org
Visit the website for photos and description on the following plants:
Banana
Bromeliad
Cocoa Tree
Coffee
Heliconia
Kapok Tree READ MORE http://www.rainforest-alliance.org/resources.cfm...
Flora of Magdagascar
Copyright Rhett Butler
WildMadagascar.org
Madagascar Flora
Madagascar is home to as many as 12,000 plant species -- 70-80% of which are endemic -- making it one of the most READ MORE http://www.wildmadagascar.org/flora/