Epiphyte: Water Lilly

An Epiphyte is a plant that grows on another plant but is not parasitic. This Water Lilly grows from below the water, where it gets its nutrients in the dirt nutrients from the underwater plants. These lilies grow off of the plants and algae from underneath the water. After the flowers have closed for the final time, the flower stalk “corkscrews” and draws the developing fruit below the water, which is what the Water Lilly would grow off of for the next session.