#leptomeria preissiana putting on a show! This is a widespread hemiparasitic shrub that is within thee #Santalaceae family! I love our odd parasitic plants here!

Planta erva-de-passarinho com folhas verdes brilhantes e botões florais fechados.

🥰Planta erva-de-passarinho (Struthanthus flexicaulis)
Ela abraça a árvore até sufocar. 🤗🤔

#Loranthaceae
#Santalaceae

A mistletoe plant, some 40 cm in diameter, is seen growing on the winter-naked branches of a cheery tree. In the background: an ivy-covered wall and a small pile of snow.

A cluster of three white misteltoe berries are seen in a fork of branches. Two other branches with resp. one and two berries can be seen in the background, out of focus. Also: an ivy-covered wall.

The #mistletoe that I sowed on a small cherry tree six years ago is now sporting its first berries. For the first three years the plant was hardly more than a small seedling, but now it seems to have taken hold. 🌱

/cc #Viscum, #Santalaceae, #gardening, #florespondence, #bloomScrolling

Notothixos subaureus on Amyema congener
Host - Casuarina torulosa,
Santalaceae, Loranthaceae,
Breakaway Road, North Queensland,
Sept 2020
#Notothixos #Santalaceae #Amyema #Loranthaceae #wildoz #ozflora #ozplants #Australiannature #botany #Mistletoe #parasiticplant #nature

Parasitic plants time 💁‍♂️ with #Leptomeria cunninghamii! This root parasite is commonly found in the jarrah forest loving the understory life! It produces a mass of these tiny coppery flowers, and is also related to #Santalum! #Santalaceae