Question

Vanda is an epiphyte. Epiphytes are the plants growing on branches of trees. They do not have direct contact with soil. How they obtain water for its photosynthetic activity?

Answer 1

Epiphytic plants like Vanda develop special type of roots containing sponge – like tissue called velamen.

These spongy tissue helps in absorbing the atmospheric moisture and utilize it for their photosynthetic activity.