Plant that germinates and roots on other plants, never coming in contact with the soil. Many orchids and bromeliads are epiphytes. These are the floating aquatic plants. Non-green plant growing on living, green plants. Mode of Nutrition Plants can be classified according to how they get their nutrition.
Heterotrophic plants depend on other organisms for nourishment.
The tallest living tree is a coast redwood measured at 367 feet. The tallest Douglas fir is 329 feet, but there is good historical evidence that they reached 393 feet or higher. The tallest Eucalyptus regnans has been measured at 326 feet tall, but there is historical evidence that suggests they reached 400 and perhaps 500 feet in the recent past. This is a group of plants that can go from seed to fruit in one month. For this reason, they are often used in studies of plant development and genetics.