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Rhipsalis baccifera, commonly known as the mistletoe cactus, is an epiphytic cactus which originates from Central and South America, the Caribbean, and Florida. It is also found throughout the tropics of Africa and into Sri Lanka where it is known in Sinhala as nawahandi ( නවහන්දි ). [ 2 ]
Rhipsalis is a genus of epiphytic flowering plants in the cactus family, typically known as mistletoe cacti. They are found in parts of Central America, the Caribbean and northern regions of South America. They also inhabit isolated locations in Africa and Asia, and are the only cactus group naturally occurring in the Old World.
European mistletoe (Viscum album) attached to a dormant common aspen (Populus tremula) Mistletoe in an apple tree. Mistletoe is the common name for obligate hemiparasitic plants in the order Santalales. They are attached to their host tree or shrub by a structure called the haustorium, through which they extract water and nutrients from the ...
Mistletoe has many mythic associations, but the most popular by far is the Christmas tradition of compelling people to kiss under it. With white, red, or pink berries, and its romantic ...
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Saguaro cactus blossom: Carnegiea gigantea: 1931 [5] Arkansas: Apple blossom: Malus: 1901 [6] California: California poppy: Eschscholzia californica: 1903 [7] Colorado: Colorado blue columbine: Aquilegia coerulea: 1899 [8] Connecticut: Mountain laurel (state flower) Kalmia latifolia: 1907 [9] Michaela Petit's Four-O’Clocks (children's state ...
Cactaceae (cactus family) Mammillaria. Cactus, an earlier synonym, is from a Greek plant name. [63] [64] [65] 150 genera, almost entirely in the Americas [66] [67] Perennial evergreen shrubs, trees and vines, usually leafless with fat green succulent stems. Many species are houseplants or arid-climate ornamentals. [55] [63] [68] Caryophyllales [63]
The Sonoran Desert. The Sonoran Desert is a North American desert and ecoregion which covers large parts of the southwestern United States and of northwestern Mexico. With an area of 260,000 square kilometers (100,000 sq mi), it is the hottest desert in Mexico.