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The Women's Congress of the 1893 Columbian World's Exposition (Chicago World's Fair) proposed that each state should select a unique floral emblem to represent the state at the exposition. This idea evolved into the concept of a National Garland of Flowers.
The National Garland of Flowers was the inspiration for the adoption of official floral emblems across the country and can be credited with a trend that has led to the adoption of symbols and emblems from official state trees and birds to official micro-invertebrates.
In the 1890s, when the National Garland of Flowers was conceived, Oklahoma wasn't even a state. Oklahomans were serious about "becoming a state" however and set out to select an official floral emblem that would appropriately represent their share of the landscape.
Oklahoma considered the passionflower, but mistakenly believed that Arkansas had already made that selection. (It is true that the Federation of Women's Clubs in Arkansas was heartily endorsing the passionflower there, but the passionflower was never made official.)
Another plant was held in high esteem by some in Oklahoma. It was the mistletoe.
Though conversations about the adoption of Oklahoma's floral emblem may be lost to history, it's reported that the mistletoe served to decorate settler's graves when no other flowers were available. Perhaps more generally, the color of the evergreen mistletoe throughout the winter is said to symbolize the perseverance of early settlers. In fact, the green of its foliage and the white of its berries serve as the official colors of the Oklahoma today.
Taken same time and place as the previous three. Very soft focus this time as handheld in the wind. And D800 will register the tinest movement.. So a dreamy blurry feel to it.. Guess a bit more gym workout for the bicesps could do. Will help with carrying the tripod as well hehe ;-))
With wishes of a lovely mid-week for you!! Thanks for stopping by and all you comments !! :))
These are in a tree in the parking area of "Vast", one of my favourite homemaker stores. Each time I have been there recently, I thought "I must bring my camera next time." Well, today I finally remembered!
Stalked Mistletoe Amyema miqueli This mistletoe parasitises the Marri trees in the valley. Normally the healthy "foliage" is an olive green colour but many of the host trees are under severe water stress and the mistletoe are dying.This mistletoe not only has a unique relationship with the mistletoe bird which eats its fruit and distributes its seeds but also with the Papyrius ant and the Amaryllis Azure butterfly, Ogyris amaryllis. The ant cares for the caterpillars of the butterfly on the mistletoe.
In de voetsporen van Caesar en Vercingetorix
Op mijn avondwandeling om het meertje bij Venarey les Laumes, heb ik geen gouden snoeimes bij mij zoals Panoramix, ik heb ook geen ambitie om toverdranken te bereiden. Bovendien hangen de maretakken allemaal erg hoog, ik ga niet op vakantie met een trapleer en ik ben niet goed in bomenklimmen.
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I love to look at the mistletoe on my evening strolls around the little lake at Venarey les Laumes.
Do you know Asterix, Obelic and the wizard Pnoramix?
I did not carry a golden knife and I do not climb trees, so I can not prepare any magic potion.
Viscum album subsp. abietis (Santalaceae). Having only seen Mistletoe in the UK growing in orchards, on Poplars etc, imagine my surprise on walking into the Schwarzwald and seeing lots of Mistletoe on firs. All Abies alba (White Fir), on older trees & high up, but occasionally on the lower branches.
This tree, just in front of Hampton Court Palace is full of mistletoe and who knows what else. A tree with stories, to be sure!
Autumn in Aston Clinton Park.
Lots of association with Christmas, paganism etc. but I always think of the song “The Mistletoe Bough” which my Grandfather used to sing. A disturbing gothic horror story which had the desired effect on an impressionable child. I never did like hide and seek!
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Harlequin Mistletoe
(Lysiana exocarpi)
Aldinga Conservation Park, Kaurna Country, South Australia
'Tainmunta' - Kaurna language for mistletoe
Other factors may have also played a role. The mistletoe's history is long and storied stretching back thousands of years.
The Greeks thought that mistletoe possessed mystical properties. The oak mistletoe, rare in Europe, was honored by ancient Celts and Germans. Down through the ages, mistletoe was one of the most magical, mystical, mysterious, and sacred plants of European folklore.
Like many plants, the mistletoe was said to possess medicinal or healing qualities as well. Though the plant is poisonous, mistletoe contains ingredients that recent research indicates have the potential to treat cancer and hypertension.
Finally, there is the tradition that has developed of kissing while standing under the mistletoe. This holiday tradition, traced to ancient Greek festivals and to later marriage rites, clearly defines an economic interest in mistletoe today.
here were plenty of objections to the mistletoe.
The mistletoe is, after all a parasite. Oklahoma's mistletoe lives by attaching itself to trees or shrubs and drawing nutrients from the sap of its host. This didn't rest well with some. Also, since it most often requires a host in the form of a tree or shrub, the parasitic mistletoe is not found throughout the state, missing most notably on Oklahoma's plains. Perhaps the most obvious objection might be that its tiny yellow flowers are so small that they are barely visible.
Though met with what sound like obvious disqualifying objections, the mistletoe was able to triumph and win the honor of being named Oklahoma Territory's official floral emblem. The Oklahoma Territorial Legislature officially adopted the mistletoe as their official floral emblem on February 11, 1893.
It is sometimes written that Oklahoma was the first state to adopt an official flower or floral emblem, but this is not technically true. Oklahoma was not a state when it adopted the mistletoe and would not become a state for another 14 years.
The State of Oklahoma did not forget about their official floral emblem however when they did become a state in 1907. In 1910, the State Legislature approved the mistletoe ( Phoradendron serotinum) as the official floral emblem of the State of Oklahoma.
Objections to the mistletoe as the floral emblem of the state continued to follow it down through the years, particularly among emerging gardeners and the garden clubs of the 1930s. Though the Indian blanket had been adopted as Oklahoma's state wildflower, garden clubs weren't satisfied. They longed for a plant they could cultivate in their home gardens and, in 2004, the Oklahoma rose was adopted as Oklahoma's official state flower. Perhaps in tribute to the early settlers, the mistletoe remains as Oklahoma's official floral emblem.
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desc: i was walking around and saw this green glowing mistletoes on a tree in the middle of the winter, if you can call it winter here in vienna. it has amazing 10 degrees and no snowflakes around, just pure crazy. i love the small white spots on top of the photo looking like stars
Mistletoe is waaaaaaaaay off the beaten track. The last 4.5 miles of Left Fork Buffalo Road to Mistletoe is gravel.
The post office was in the back of the old church building for 25-30 years before finally closing December 30, 1999. I was able to speak with Mrs Couch, the widow of the last Mistletoe postmaster. The church-post office sits in her front yard. She remembers going to church as a child here when it was a functioning Presbyterian Church.