Solution: Epiphytes, often known as air plants, are organisms that grow on other plants. An orchid growing on the branch of a mango tree is an example of an epiphyte. Such plants get their nutrients and moisture from the air, water, and rain, as well as the debris in their environment, rather than from the plant on which they are growing. As a result, the connection between a mango tree and an orchid is one of commensalism, in which one species benefits while the other remains unaffected. The orchid benefits from the connection because it receives physical support from the mango tree, but the mango tree is unaffected.