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Pentas
14 November 2024
Pentas lanceolata
95% certain
- Family
- Rubiaceae
- Origin
- East Africa and the Arabian Peninsula
- Bloom season
- Warm months
- Colors
- red, pink, white, purple
- Habitat
- Butterfly beds and tropical borders
- Symbolism
- Attraction, and a wish that lands
A cluster of five-petaled stars that butterflies work all day, holding colour in heat that stops softer annuals.
Care. Plant in sun with even moisture and deadhead the old umbels to keep new ones coming.
A note. Each floret has five petals, which is what the Greek name pentas records.
Or perhaps
- Bougainvillea — 4%
- Crown of thorns — 3%
Notes on the photograph
Copied from the marks left by the camera.
- Captured
- Nov 14, 2024, 5:33 PM
- Camera
- Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max
- Lens
- iPhone 14 Pro Max back triple camera 6.86mm f/1.78
- Focal length
- 6.9mm
- Aperture
- f/1.8
- Shutter
- 1/149s
- ISO
- 64
- Dimensions
- 4032 × 3024
Where it was found
The place is taken from the photograph's own memory, if any.
4.9368° N, 73.9651° W
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