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August 8, 2007 : Psittacanthus sp.
Keywords: Loranthaceae | Psittacanthus sp. | San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
Botany Photo of the Day will have brief written entries on weekends, holidays and my vacations from April through September. – Daniel
Another couple photographs from Mexico today, courtesy of David Tarrant – thanks again, David!
Parrot-flower mistletoe is a member of the plant family Loranthaceae, the largest of the “mistletoe families”. Psittacanthus relies on birds twice in its life-cycle: once for pollination and again for dispersal of seeds (the birds eat the fruit and defecate the seeds on branches).
Though this particular plant is not parasitizing a conifer, the best information online on “Psittacanthus in Mexico” that I can find is a chapter by the same name in Mistletoes of North American Conifers (PDF), a cooperative technical report by scientists in USA, Mexico and Canada.
Posted by Daniel Mosquin at August 8, 2007 2:06 AM
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Posted by: Mike Bush at August 8, 2007 7:31 AM
awesome
are there any old prints
martin heade would have
painted this one i just
am impressed with the photo
are they sold in stores
come christmas or on the
do not touch list
thank you
Posted by: elizabeth a airhart at August 8, 2007 11:37 AM
Beautiful flower, vista de lejos es similar a Pyrostegia ignea.
Posted by: lucia at August 8, 2007 6:48 PM
can u give me any information about the relationship between sunbirds and these plants???
Posted by: Manish at August 14, 2007 8:39 AM
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To most of us, mistletoe is a bundle of odd green leaves with clear-white berries sold for fun at the holidays. THIS mistletoe, however is AMAZING.
I traveled to the Yucatan' in 1980 and was totally flummoxed at what an orange-flowering tree might be. In fact, it was a stout gumbo-limbo (Bursera) festooned with flowering Psittacanthus!
Great flashback. Thanks to all.
Mike Bush