HarryB Posted August 23, 2015 Report Share Posted August 23, 2015 Some years ago the Garden Club did a pamphlet on orange plaga. My wife was the author. This plaga is spreading and will kill all of our trees if not stopped soon. It looks like orange honeysuckle or orange spaghetti. It has to be cut out and disposed of. Otherwise, it will be spread by birds and the wind. Please if you see any of this impress on the property owners that they must do something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floradude Posted August 23, 2015 Report Share Posted August 23, 2015 Yes, it is a parasite along with the mistletoe in bloom now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artsnob Posted August 24, 2015 Report Share Posted August 24, 2015 Oh, it is sooo pretty... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mexilady Posted August 24, 2015 Report Share Posted August 24, 2015 It is in all the trees along the main road into La Cristina. It is too high for anything other then a bucket truck to reach. Most of the trees are on the right away or the vacant lots. I think it is just going to spread unfortunately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajijicbound Posted August 24, 2015 Report Share Posted August 24, 2015 It's mistletoe, which is a tree parasite. Needs to be cut out. Jalisco is very aware of the problem and it kills trees. Here's a link to information. http://www.parasiticplants.siu.edu/Viscaceae/mistletoe.control.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hensley Posted August 24, 2015 Report Share Posted August 24, 2015 It is on the new property that LCS just acquired. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cedros Posted August 24, 2015 Report Share Posted August 24, 2015 The common name of the spaghetti plant is Dodder. Genus Cuscuta. http://www.fcps.edu/islandcreekes/ecology/dodder.htm The one with the orange honeysuckle like flower is mistletoe. Genus Psittacanthuus http://lakechapalagardenclub.org/chapalatreeservice.html Both are evident right now but are quite different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryB Posted August 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2015 There is a lot of it in La Floresta. They were warned years ago and now we all will be paying the price. On Septembre 16 in Ajijic on the lake side 1/2 block before Colon there is a big example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparks Posted August 24, 2015 Report Share Posted August 24, 2015 One of these mistletoes, locally called "Mal Ojo" (Evil Eye), is very much in evidence at present in the Chapala area. Left to its own devices, it will quickly kill its host trees. It is so prolific that it seems in many cases that the whole tree is in flower; unfortunately, it is not the tree's flowers that are such a dramatic orange in color but the parasite's. http://sparksmex.blogspot.mx/2015/01/had-mistletoe-for-christmas-and-didnt.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RORRO Posted September 2, 2015 Report Share Posted September 2, 2015 HarryB Can you contact Montezuma Medina ? He could ask some kind of help to CONAFOR. They have programs to support Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suegarn Posted September 2, 2015 Report Share Posted September 2, 2015 Some years ago the Garden Club did a pamphlet on orange plaga. My wife was the author. This plaga is spreading and will kill all of our trees if not stopped soon. It looks like orange honeysuckle or orange spaghetti. It has to be cut out and disposed of. Otherwise, it will be spread by birds and the wind. Please if you see any of this impress on the property owners that they must do something. The common name of the spaghetti plant is Dodder. Genus Cuscuta. http://www.fcps.edu/islandcreekes/ecology/dodder.htm The one with the orange honeysuckle like flower is mistletoe. Genus Psittacanthuus http://lakechapalagardenclub.org/chapalatreeservice.html Both are evident right now but are quite different. Which plant are we talking about? Two different pictures......which one is the parasitic plant? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RORRO Posted September 2, 2015 Report Share Posted September 2, 2015 Which plant are we talking about? Two different pictures......which one is the parasitic plant? http://lakechapalaga...reeservice.html Psittacanthus Calyculatus-Mistletoe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cedros Posted September 2, 2015 Report Share Posted September 2, 2015 Which plant are we talking about? Two different pictures......which one is the parasitic plant?If you read the previous posts you will see that both the mistletoe and dodder are parasitic. Both are the orange plague. Mistletoe is probably more widespread. Dodder is totally parasitic-it has no leaves and doesn't photosynthesis. Mistletoe isn't totally parasitic as it has its own leaves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryB Posted September 2, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2015 About a half block east of Colon on 16 de septembre on the south side there is a good example that will ultimately infect all the trees around. The current administration is shutting down. We haven't been able to get them to do anything for Ajijic for a long time . It ain't happening now. The green party alliance helped to get Degollado elected. Once he takes office we may get some help. It is up to homeowners to attend to their own properties, Chapala will look to public spaces. People don't realize how bad it is. We could lose all our trees. This stuff grows especially fast in this subtropical climate, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelley Ronnfeldt Posted September 3, 2015 Report Share Posted September 3, 2015 Please excuse this likely stupid question. Are all plants with the orange honeysuckle type flowers the bad plant? Or is the bad plant only in trees? I ask because I have something growing on my fence that I thought was honeysuckle. Is there such a thing as an actual honeysuckle here that isn't harmful? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmh Posted September 3, 2015 Report Share Posted September 3, 2015 you probably have honeysuckle if it is on your fence. The mistletoe type plant grows into the branched of trees, it makes like a knot and appears to grown out of the branch of the tree. I have a beautiful orange vine growing on my wall and it is a vine not a parasite. It is not harmful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cedros Posted September 3, 2015 Report Share Posted September 3, 2015 Please excuse this likely stupid question. Are all plants with the orange honeysuckle type flowers the bad plant? Or is the bad plant only in trees? I ask because I have something growing on my fence that I thought was honeysuckle. Is there such a thing as an actual honeysuckle here that isn't harmful?Take a look at the leaves. The leaves of the mistletoe are quite distinctive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmh Posted September 3, 2015 Report Share Posted September 3, 2015 honeysucle is not harmfull, take a piece of your plant and ask a nursery what it is if you are not sure. If your plant is growing on a fence or a Wall by itself it is not a parasite so you do not have to worry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Islander Posted September 4, 2015 Report Share Posted September 4, 2015 The orange plant growing on so many Ajijic walls and looks like a honeysuckle is Pyrostegia venusta also called Flame Vine. It is rampant but not harmful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryB Posted September 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 4, 2015 It is the one in trees that is the parasite. I've also seen it on hedges in La Floresta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajijicbound Posted September 4, 2015 Report Share Posted September 4, 2015 For Plant ID, the Lake Chapala Garden Club has a page on their website with photos of local plants. They need to add that one too. http://lakechapalagardenclub.org/botanical.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geonomist Posted July 26, 2016 Report Share Posted July 26, 2016 Does anyone have any contact info for the Green Party or other environmental groups lakeside? Thanks. I'm at jjs@geonomics.org. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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