1
(Entry)
Firebush
28 April 2026
Hamelia patens
90% certain
- Family
- Rubiaceae
- Origin
- Tropical America
- Bloom season
- Heat, for months
- Colors
- red, orange, yellow
- Habitat
- Tropical hedges, hummingbird gardens, and roadsides
- Symbolism
- A flame that does not go out in summer
Tubular red-orange florets in loose clusters on a shrub that hummingbirds work all day.
Care. Give sun, heat, and ordinary soil; frost cuts it to the ground and it usually returns.
A note. It belongs to the coffee family, which is why the tiny fruits look like little berries.
Or perhaps
- Tea tree — 8%
- Knotweed — 2%
Notes on the photograph
Copied from the marks left by the camera.
- Captured
- Apr 28, 2026, 8:35 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
- 1/121s
- ISO
- 200
- Dimensions
- 4032 × 3024
Where it was found
The place is taken from the photograph's own memory, if any.
22.9827° S, 43.2136° W
Unfolding the map