If you are talking about roots that you would find growing from a cheese plant then these are for support as it climbs its host. The same roots as an orchid would produce.
Other aerial roots are used as props to support plants with a large trunk and give them better stability. Maize is an obvious one. You also see this in plants such as palms where they grow in hurricane areas. The roots are not just proud of the soil (as in a normal tree) but clear of the soil spreading out like a cage from the plant.
EDIT; Some ferns are epithetic like orchids, meaning they use another plant as a host, but not in a destructive way. They will grow in trees and spread via the aerial roots along a branch.
House plants - what purpose are 'air roots'? Google %26amp; Yahoo search didn't help.?
Air roots are called pneumatophores. Check out this site:
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/p...
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