Pride of Madeira / Echium candicans (Madeira-Natternkopf)

            Echium candicans, the pride of Madeira, is a species of flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae, native to the island of Madeira. It is a large herbaceous perennial subshrub, growing to 1.5–2.5 m (4 ft 11 in–8 ft 2 in).

In the first year after germination the plant produces a broad rosette of leaves. In the second and subsequent years more or less woody flowering stalks are produced clothed in rough leaves. The flower head is large and covered with white or blue flowers having red stamens. It is much visited by bees and butterflies for its nectar.
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Sony SLT-A65V
Sigma 105mm F2.8
   

Taken in: Germany / Northrhine-Westphalia / Kreisfreie Stadt Bonn / Poppelsdorf (show map)

Taken on: June 14, 2021

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Camera: Sony SLT-A65V, f/5.6, 1/400 sec, 105mm (=157mm), ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Sony SLT-A65V
Lens:	Sigma AF 50-150mm F2.8 EX DC APO HSM II or Sigma 70-200mm F2.8 II EX DG APO MACRO HSM
Aperture:	f/5.6
Exposure Time:	0.003 sec (1/400)
Focal Length:	105mm (35mm equivalent: 157mm)
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Program AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	SLT-A65V v1.07
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