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Mistletoe Castle, Youghal - Photo by Kieran McCarthy - 10/03/2016
Marked as Eustace's Castle on the first Ordnance Survey map and apparently straddling the boundary between Cooperalley and Greencloyne, this house was the residence of John Conroy Browne in the second half of the 19th century. At the time of Griffith's Valuation the buildings were valued at £25 and held from William Fitzgerald. J.C Browne of Mistletoe Castle owned 16 acres in county Cork in the 1870s. The house is stated to have been built in the 1770s as a summer residence for the Villiers-Stuart [Stuart] family.
Latitude / Longitude: 51.96404 -7.86468
Phoradendron californicum. Spotted this mistletoe (female) with berries remaining at Wetlands Park at East Las Vegas, NV. Am glad, but was surprised, there was still available food for birds during the winter.
Near the banks of the Loire all trees stand in perfect lines. Host trees for families of growing mistletoes. Around Christmas couples will probably meet under these trees and kiss.
Already Pliny the Elder reports, that the mistletoe plays an important role in the Celtic mythology. Since Goscinny´s and Uderzo´s "Astérix" we all know, that Panoramix (aka "Getafix", "Miraculix"), the long bearded druid needs mistletoe (cut with a golden sickle!) to prepare the magic potion.
Eastern San Luis Obispo Co., California
The juniper is the paler green at lower right; the rest all mistletoe.
In a Gray PIne, Pinus sabiniana, Santa Margarita Lake,
San Luis Obispo Co., California
I had previously appreciated parasitic plants for their unusual lifestyle and that they can co-exist with their host. But several days after this photo was made I had an opportunity to talk to an expert on dwarf mistletoes, someone who had gotten his PH.D. studying their interaction with pines (not just the species I saw it on). Apparently dwarf mistletoes have a way of life that is much more invasive to their host than the leafy mistletoes I am more familiar with. So they have a damaging effect on pines, especially significant to pines that are harvested. And apparently there is a fungus that can interfere with these mistletoes getting a hold inside the pine.
And the seeds of these fruits are spread in a manner different from the leafy mistletoes. The latter have fruit which are eaten by many birds and probably small mammals, with the seeds going through their digestive systems. The dwarf mistletoe fruits apparently explode, leaving a sticky substance that gets on the outside of birds and small mammals, which carry the seeds along with the goo stuck to them and then probably wipe off onto another branch, tree or pine needle.
(This is a very simplified synopsis.) And thanks, Wally!
I still appreciate the unusual lifestyle.
Mistletoe berries.
On February 22 2017 I joined the Sabino Canyon Volunteer Naturalist led Sabino Canyon nature walk after missing a week.
The creek was even higher than my previous visit, which led to some interesting problems for hikers crossing the creek, even on the Bear Canyon road bridge.
A few flowers were beginning to bloom, unfortunately including the ragweed.
RAW file processed with RAW Therapee. Handheld remote control Olympus FL-36R flash with TTL metering.
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Model Stephanie Jay
Dress by Vivian of Holloway
Three Bowens 500R strobes fired by Pocket Wizard Plus 11s
Shot at the DieselPunk Studios. Wickford.
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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I'm feeling nostalgic today, hehe....
Such a romantic shot, love it.
This two mice will be housed in a beautiful glass filigree platform to be made by Paul Jones of Phoenix Glass.
Mistletoe is the common name for obligate hemiparasitic plants in the order Santalales. They are attached to their host tree or shrub by a structure called the haustorium, through which they extract water and nutrients from the host plant.
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 the British Isles and much of Europe.