1 Give trimmed plants a thorough soaking and a boost with a high-potash fertiliser, such as tomato feed. 2  Geraniums are fairly trouble free although they can be attacked by vine weevil larvae, slugs and snails. 3  Also, in dry conditions, they may suffer from powdery mildew.
The stipula is a scale which forms the future bud, and is situated at the insertions of the leaf. - The thorn, acculeus, is a sharp brittle point, which is so slightly fastened to the plant, as to be taken off without tearing the other parts.
1. epiphyte-plant that derives moisture and nutrients from the air and rain; usually grows on another plant but not parasitic on it. aerophyte, air plant, epiphytic plant. plant life, flora, plant - (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion.Clusia insignis, waxflower-epiphytic clusia of British Guiana.emiepiphyte, semiepiphyte-a plant that is an epiphyte for part of its life. strangler, strangler tree-an epiphytic vine or tree whose aerial roots extend down the trunk of a supporting tree and coalesce around it eventually strangling the tree.