epiphytic plant vs flora

epiphytic plant and flora both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
epiphytic plant	Yes	No	No	No
flora	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, flora is a hypernym of epiphytic plant; that is, flora is a word with a broader meaning than epiphytic plant:

epiphytic plant: plant that derives moisture and nutrients from the air and rain; usually grows on another plant but not parasitic on it
flora: (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion

Other hypernyms of epiphytic plant include plant, plant life.

epiphytic plant (noun)	flora (noun)
plant that derives moisture and nutrients from the air and rain; usually grows on another plant but not parasitic on it	(botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion
	all the plant life in a particular region or period