alleryThe orchid growing on a mango branch is given as an example of which interaction?
AColonialism
BConsumerism
CCommensalism
DCommunism
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Commensalism
1. The orchid gains a place to grow high in the light.
2. The mango tree gains nothing and loses nothing.
3. The orchid growing as an epiphyte benefits while the mango tree derives no apparent benefit.
4. That one-sided but harmless relationship is commensalism.
_Source: syllabus Biology, Ch 11 'Organisms and Populations'_
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