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Eastern Mistletoe = Santalaceae: Phoradendron leucarpum (formerly Phoradendron serotinum)
This specimen was found growing on a cultivated tree in a suburban area in Durham NC (USA) on 13 February 2020. I took some detail shots of the fruit trying to show the seed and sticky pulp.
Dummy cake with a christmas design. All mistletoe leaves and the bow is made from gumpaste.
Thanks for looking!
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According to Christmas custom, any two people who meet under a hanging of mistletoe are obliged to kiss.
The custom may be of Scandinavian origin.
"The mistletoe is still hung up in farm-houses and kitchens at Christmas, and the young men have the privilege of kissing the girls under it, plucking each time a berry from the bush.
When the berries are all plucked the privilege ceases."
The tradition dictates that a man is allowed to kiss any woman standing underneath mistletoe, and that bad luck would befall any woman who refused the kiss.
Mistletoe is the common name for a group of parasitic plants that grow attached to and within the branches of a tree or shrub.
The name mistletoe originally referred to the species Viscum album (European mistletoe, of the family Santalaceae in the order Santalales); it is the only species native to Great Britain and much of Europe.
A broad array of animals depend on mistletoe for food, consuming the leaves and young shoots, transferring pollen between plants and dispersing the sticky seeds
Very much appreciated. M, (*_*)
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mistletoe, viscum album, green, leaves, berries, conceptual art, ribbon, red, bow, Christmas, plant, studio, square, black background, colour, NikonD7000, Magda-indigo
Bushy Park has an unusual vast amount of the Parasitic Mistletoe growing on its Trees....Mainly the Limes(Linden). Hawthorns,Willows, Poplars and even some of the Oak Trees attract this plant
Bushy Park, Hampton Court. Middlesex. UK.
HTmT
It’s the most beautiful time of the year
Lights fill the streets spreading so much cheer
I should be playing in the winter snow
But I'mma be under the mistletoe
I don’t wanna miss out on the holiday
But I can’t stop staring at your face
I should be playing in the winter snow
But I’mma be under the mistletoe
No private group or multiple group invites please!
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According to Christmas custom, any two people who meet under a hanging of mistletoe are obliged to kiss.
The custom may be of Scandinavian origin.
"The mistletoe is still hung up in farm-houses and kitchens at Christmas, and the young men have the privilege of kissing the girls under it, plucking each time a berry from the bush.
When the berries are all plucked the privilege ceases."
The tradition dictates that a man is allowed to kiss any woman standing underneath mistletoe, and that bad luck would befall any woman who refused the kiss.
Mistletoe is the common name for a group of parasitic plants that grow attached to and within the branches of a tree or shrub.
The name mistletoe originally referred to the species Viscum album (European mistletoe, of the family Santalaceae in the order Santalales); it is the only species native to Great Britain and much of Europe.
A broad array of animals depend on mistletoe for food, consuming the leaves and young shoots, transferring pollen between plants and dispersing the sticky seeds
Very much appreciated. M, (*_*)
IT IS STRICTLY FORBIDDEN (BY LAW!!!) TO USE ANY OF MY image or TEXT on websites, blogs or any other media without my explicit permission. © All rights reserved
mistletoe, viscum album, green, leaves, berries, conceptual art, ribbon, red, bow, Christmas, plant, studio, square, black background, colour, NikonD7000, Magda-indigo
day 13 of doodle and lettering challenge
bydawnnicole.com/2015/11/30-day-challenge-december-prompt...
Taken with a Lomo LC-A+ camera in week 218 of my 52 film cameras in 52 weeks project:
www.flickr.com/photos/tony_kemplen/collections/72157623113584240
Rollei Digibase CR200 Pro slide film, cross-processed in the Tetenal C41 kit.
Heptonstall
Mistletoe bears fruit at the time of the Winter Solstice, the birth of the new year, and may have been used in solstitial rites in Druidic Britain as a symbol of immortality. In Celtic mythology and in druid rituals, it was considered a remedy for barrenness in animals and an antidote to poison, although the fruits of many mistletoes are actually poisonous if ingested as they contain viscotoxins.