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unlike the Orchid, has no true roots. When a berry or 
seed is deposited on the bark of a suitable host plant, and 
the conditions are favourable, it will germinate, producing 
cellular processes which are able to make their way into 
Aerial Roots of an Orchid Epiphytic upon the Bark of a Tree 
the tissue of their host plant, absorbing the tissue on their 
way, until they reach the layer which is conveying the 
food material from the root to the leaves of the host 
plant. They then appropriate this food material for their 
own use, pass it on, through the processes mentioned before, 
