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These are usually so high in the trees that I can't get close, but this one is low enough to get pretty close :))
Amyema pendulum
Several trees in the grounds of Petworth are host to mistletoe. I have never seen so many berries on the plant and from a distance it seems as if the tree is in full white blossom, very beautiful.
Bushy Park in Teddington is rightly known for its magnificent acres, deer herds and wildlife – but it’s also one of the best sites in London for mistletoe, which is rare or absent in the other Royal Parks.
According to the Royal Parks website (www.royalparks.org.uk/parks/bushy-park) mistletoe grows particularly well on the limes and hawthorns and is host to several unusual and special creatures.
Having said that, if you fancy a quick kiss at Christmas, it’s going to be quite a climb to harvest this splendid mistletoe ball atop the tree!
European mistletoe (Viscum album) berry on a branch.
Jagoda jemioły pospolitej (Viscum album) na gałązce.
These are usually so high in the trees that I can't get close, but this one is low enough to get pretty close :))
Amyema pendulum
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!
There are 80 different varieties of Mistletoe in Australia. Most have red berries, and unlike the white berried variety found in other countries, they are not poisonous to people, animals or birds.
I've noticed Mistletoe growing increasingly in UK trees, so I read up about it and learnt that it's due in part to an influx of continental blackcaps from Germany that have started overwintering in Britain, with many thousands now spending their winters here.
'Blackcaps are migratory warblers that are becoming regular winter visitors to our bird tables. Berries, including those of mistletoe, are an essential part of their diet. On eating the white flesh of the mistletoe berry, the birds wipe their bills on twigs and branches, leaving behind the seed. If the seed is deposited on a host tree and manages to take hold, a mistletoe plant might germinate on the branch. It seems that blackcaps are more efficient at spreading mistletoe seeds than other birds, such as the mistle thrush, which also feed on the berries.' - www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/blog/2018/12/where-does-mistleto....
'According to the Anglo-Saxons, kissing under the mistletoe was connected to the legend of Freya, Norse Goddess of love, beauty and fertility. According to legend, a man had to kiss any young girl who, without realizing it, found herself accidentally under a sprig of mistletoe hanging from the ceiling.' www.thewhitegoddess.co.uk/articles/mythology_folklore/mis....
Mike Oldfield ~ Incantations Part Four
I received this amazing head for Christmas, I admit she was supposed to had dark hair but she
decided the opposite while I was doing her faceup!
I love her a lot, she looks fragile and pure!!!
I received this amazing head for Christmas, I admit she was supposed to had dark hair but she decided the opposite while I was doing her faceup!
I love her a lot, she looks fragile and pure!!!
Mistletoe not required ❥
i was hoping to run outside tonight but it looks kinda cloudy so im gonna see what happens
The Mistletoebird (Dicaeum hirundinaceum) is a colorful resident of large areas of Australia, wherever there is mistletoe. This male put on a display of fluffing out his feathers while I photographed him.
Atkinsonia ligustrina
Member of Family Loranthaceae.
A rare plant (a maximum geographic range of less than 100 km). Most Australian Mistletoe are parasites on other plants, especially eucalypts. However, Atkinsonia ligustrina is unusual in that it is the only one that is terrestrial, and not epiphytic. It is a hemi–parasite on the roots of neighbouring trees and shrubs: it obtains nutrients from them, but its own leaves make chlorophyll.
Took me ages to work out what this was ... now I understand why.
Details & Blog with more pics HERE
Everyone's gathering around the fire
Chestnuts roasting like a hot July
I should be chilling with my folks, I know
But I’mma be under the mistletoe
Word on the street Santa's coming tonight,
Reindeer's flying through the sky so high
I should be making a list, I know
But I’mma be under the mistletoe
With you, shawty with you
With you, shawty with you
With you under the mistletoe
~Justin Bieber
Morning mist and a bunch of Mistletoe growing in a windbreak of Poplar trees, near Midhurst in West Sussex.
Sitting under the mistletoe
(Pale-green, fairy mistletoe),
One last candle burning low,
All the sleepy dancers gone,
Just one candle burning on,
Shadows lurking everywhere:
Some one came, and kissed me there.
Tired I was; my head would go
Nodding under the mistletoe
(Pale-green, fairy mistletoe),
No footsteps came, no voice, but only,
Just as I sat there, sleepy, lonely,
Stooped in the still and shadowy air
Lips unseen—and kissed me there.
– Walter de La Mare
I found some more berries today. On the same tree as previously but I thought they would all be gone when I did the challenge yesterday and I went looking in the other direction. Taken during golden hour.
While travelling through Boulia in Queensland a couple of years ago I noticed the mistletoe winding its way up an unfamiliar Eucalyptus tree.
Nectariniidae:
Dicaeum hirundinaceum
The tiny Male Mistletoe bird having a drink. It is so shy.
Photo: Fred
OK ladies! Put this over your virtual heads and get ready for a virtual kiss! But don't tell my virtual wife!
This article from the Japan Times tells more than you want to know!
I took this at the park in Tono today and rushed to post it after I saw Shigemi's pic!
Winter Pose Fair is happening now!
2 Xmas poses up for grabs...
- Mistletoe & You, cute couple pose, includes props [full scene with mistletoe]
Check out Mistletoe at Woods Humane Society in San Luis Obispo. She's adorable with that great smile and is available for adoption!
And on Facebook: www.facebook.com/WoodsHumaneSociety/