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Post by David on Mar 7, 2008 22:39:42 GMT 8
Need help to identify these. They were hanging on the branches of trees in Maxwell Hill in Taiping town. They seem to have dominated every tree in that highland. The stems are soft and green in colour. Are these tillandsias or a kind of moss?   close up but lighting a little out...  |
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Post by Robert on Mar 8, 2008 7:35:55 GMT 8
probably doddder(?). They're parasitic.
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Post by plantlover on Mar 8, 2008 8:41:47 GMT 8
Yah. I read somewhere about the doddler(?). They are parasitic. Never seen one before.
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Post by David on Mar 10, 2008 12:59:23 GMT 8
They look kinda nice tho'. Gives the trees the old rustic "Lord Of The Rings" look. Also gives an eerie feeling when the sun sets and the wind blows on them. Kinda like a women's hair waving in the dim evening sunlight.
I got some back and hang them together with my tills at the window of my house. So now my living hall gets kinda exciting in the middle of the night when the moon light shines on my tills area and the wind blows slowly into the house.
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Post by phissionkorps on Mar 10, 2008 13:07:25 GMT 8
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Post by David on Mar 10, 2008 13:25:37 GMT 8
Just a suggestion...  I think it would be more helpful and constructive if you could rephrase your sentence to something like this: Hey Robert, I think in your hurry you've typed an extra "d" in the spelling. I think the correct spelling should should be "doddler" By the way I've found some information about this plant that i think would benefit members here... etc. |
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Post by phissionkorps on Mar 10, 2008 14:11:14 GMT 8
 Just a joke...didn't think it would be so frowned upon  Btw, it's actually Dodder, without an L. I found this: "Dodder parasitizes various kinds of wild and cultivated plants, and is especially destructive to alfalfa, lespedeza, flax, clover and potatoes. Ornamentals attacked included chrysanthemum, dahlia, helenium, Virginia-creeper, trumpet-vine, English ivy and petunias. Dodder is particularly troublesome where alfalfa, clover and onion are grown for seed because dodder seed is difficult to remove from the desired seed crop and can be spread with infested seed. Its water, minerals and carbohydrates are absorbed from the host through haustoria that penetrate the host's tissue. In dodder the haustoria are modified adventitious roots." They're also a vector of more than 200 diseases. Here's a pic of C. japonica covering a tree: www.co.contra-costa.ca.us/depart/agriculture/images/dodder2.jpg
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Post by David on Mar 10, 2008 17:37:22 GMT 8
No laaa Phissionkorps. It's just a suggestion from me. Others might think I am overreacting.  But no ill feelings intended. Sorry about that. Thanks for the spelling lesson.  Appreciate your input. |
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Post by tarence on Apr 1, 2008 12:56:55 GMT 8
oops, David, did you read the last sentence from phissionK`s post : They're also a vector of more than 200 diseases.
is that why i didn`t see this plant in your house ?
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I think it would be more helpful and constructive if you could rephrase your sentence to something like this:
Just a joke...didn't think it would be so frowned upon 
But no ill feelings intended. Sorry about that. Thanks for the spelling lesson. 