TreeTuesday; Parasite plant on Tree.
TreeTuesday; Parasite plant on Tree.
My wife and I went away for the weekend, and while I took a short stroll around the chalet we were staying in I noticed this beautiful green plant, at first glance it was looking like a tree!!
It also had some fruit on it, I don't know if it is edible, but it did not look very appetizing though and I did not try to taste it.
At closer inspection, I could see that this plant was attached to a tree, see the photo above the part where I circled in yellow. This is where the plant ends and the donor tree starts. On the photo below you can see the tree on which it is growing.
I saw a few dead trees in the vicinity, with the same type of blob, like the one, the parasite uses to attach itself to the donor tree, thus, I presume in the end the parasite, kills both itself and the donor tree. Not Nice!!
I took the photos with my iPhone, at Monateng Lodge, just North of Pretoria, South Africa.
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@rynow,
Never see this tree in my country! Probably native to your region! Nice photography!
Cheers~
I agree, it is from here.
Unfortunately with our ecology a lot of sick plants and not only
That looks like a kind of Mistletoe. Good thing you didn't try the fruits, because they are toxic. Dont eat what you dont know... :)
Good advice, I will definitely not eat something that I don't know, thank you for the nice comment.
Oh yes @rynow, great pics and this amazing plant!
Thank you.
Excellent review @rynow and this plant looks quite interesting!
Thank you.
Probably it is already old and sick.
It is possible.
Very beautiful photography. Nice shot @rynow. I like it.
Thank you.
Nice shot
Thank you.
Good choice not to eat it because you never know that it can be harmful
You are right!1
Nature always beauty to me...
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I agree, beautiful and very interesting.