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Ferns growing on other plants along with orchids and bromeliads are referred to as epiphytes. We commonly see epiphytitic types growing on hapuu, tree branches and even rocky, soiless areas.

The ferns and their relatives first appear in the fossil record some 360 million years ago in the late Devonian period. They diversified into many of the modern fern families and species during the ...