White mistletoe is a parasitic plant that feeds on its host. In the past, it was found exclusively within Western Europe, but recently it has firmly settled throughout Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus. A mistletoe is a rooted plant that grows on branches of trees that have the soft and dense bark from which it draws the…
This tropical cactus, of course, was called “Red mistletoe in Central and South America, where it grows. This cactus is an epiphyte and a lithophyte at the same time – it can grow both on trunks and branches of trees, and on a litter of rotted plant residues in crevices of stones and rocks. It has…
It is quite common to read that Rhipsalis is poisonous. That is not right. The cactus does not contain any toxins, so it poses no danger to humans or cats. The reason for the supposed toxicity is that Rhipsalis is often confused with the Spurge family. These are poisonous because milky juice contains substances that can cause symptoms of poisoning. The…