miseltoe or something????

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miseltoe or something????

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this has been very slowly growing on a meleleuca for months
any ideas :lost:
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Ild be interested to know aswell. Seen it on a few mels locally, some times red coloured and sometimes just the remnants of them
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It could be, though i've not see that one before if it is. In a heathland near me the volunteers have been trying to get an indigenous variety to spread more widely and it certainly is slow growing and has a habit similar to this though it does look very different.
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is it bad ?

it almost had a air plant (tillandsia) feel about it
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