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Marigold
13 May 2025
Tagetes erecta
96% certain
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Origin
- Mexico and Central America
- Bloom season
- Summer until frost
- Colors
- orange, yellow, gold
- Habitat
- Vegetable gardens, festival plantings, and hot borders
- Symbolism
- Passion, creativity, and remembrance
A sturdy annual with packed citrus-scented blooms that thrive in heat and poorish soil.
Care. Sow in full sun, pinch young plants for bushiness, and deadhead to keep flowers coming.
A note. Marigolds are central to Mexico's Day of the Dead altars, where their scent is said to guide spirits home.
Or perhaps
- Firebush — 3%
- Yellow bells — 2%
Notes on the photograph
Copied from the marks left by the camera.
- Captured
- May 13, 2025, 8:57 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
- 1/90s
- ISO
- 80
- Dimensions
- 4032 × 3024
Where it was found
The place is taken from the photograph's own memory, if any.
18.9039° N, 70.7441° W
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