Assertion: orchid | /r/HasProperty | myco-heterotrophic
Facets:
value: during seedling growth
type: TEMPORAL
value: during germination
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: While only a few species are achlorophyllous holoparasites, all orchids are myco-heterotrophic during germination and seedling growth, and even photosynthetic adult plants may continue to obtain carbon from their mycorrhizal fungi.
text: Many orchids are myco-heterotrophs: their roots need fungi to break down organic material for them to absorb.
text: These orchids are known as myco-heterotrophs, but were formerly (incorrectly) described as saprophytes as it was believed they gained their nutrition by breaking down organic matter.
text: All orchids are myco-heterotrophic at some point in their life cycle.