Rolf Nussbaumer / Violet-tailed Sylph (Aglaiocercus coelestis), male feeding on ginger flower in rain, Mindo, Ecuador, Andes, South America, January

Jouan & Rius / Spiral Ginger flower (Costus pulverulentus) in the rainforest, Monteverde Nature Reserve, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Green-crowned Brilliant (Heliodoxa jacula) hummingbird juvenile male feeding at and pollinating Ginger (Costus montanus) flowers, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Violet Sabre-wing (Campylopterus hemileucurus) hummingbird male at Ginger (Costus montanus) flowers, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica

Ingo Arndt / Torch Ginger (Nicolaia elatior) flower, Costa Rica

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Saw-billed hermit hummingbird (Ramphodon naevius) on Torch ginger (Etlingera elatior) flower in the Atlantic Rainforest, municipality of Ubatuba, littoral of Sao Paulo State, Southeastern Brazil.

Chien Lee / Ginger (Etlingera brevilabrum) flower, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia

Chien Lee / Resurrection Lily (Kaempferia rotunda) flowers emerging from forest floor late in the dry season, Uthai Thani, Thailand

Christian Ziegler / Spiral Ginger (Costus pulverulentus) flower, Barro Colorado Island, Panama

Chien Lee / Ginger (Etlingera rubromarginata) flower, Gunung Mulu National Park, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia

Chien Lee / Ginger (Etlingera velutina) flower and bud, Kubah National Park, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia

Chien Lee / Cardamom (Amomum megalocheilos) flower, Danum Valley Conservation Area, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia

Chien Lee / Ginger (Zingiber spectabile) flowers, Royal Belum State Park, Perak, Malaysia

Tim Laman / Torch Ginger (Etlingera elatior) flower, native to Indonesia, growing in a garden in Indonesia.

Chien Lee / Plain-throated Sunbird (Anthreptes malacensis) male on flower of Helani Tulip Torch Ginger (Etlingera hemisphaerica), Kuching, Borneo, Malaysia

Chien Lee / Ginger (Etlingera sessilanthera) flower, Malaysia

Jouan & Rius / Green and black poison dart frog (Dendrobates auratus) on Ginger flower, rainforest habitat, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Ginger (Zingiber spectabile) flowers, Malaysia

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Torch Ginger (Etlingera elatior) flower, Asia

Rolf Nussbaumer / Booted Racket-tail hummingbird (Ocreatus underwoodii) and Purple-bibbed Whitetip (Urosticte benjamini), adults feeding from Ginger flower, Mindo, Ecuador, Andes, South America, February

Rolf Nussbaumer / Green-crowned Brilliant (Heliodoxa jacula) male feeding from Ginger flower, Mindo, Ecuador, Andes, South America, January

Rolf Nussbaumer / Purple-bibbed Whitetip (Urosticte benjamini) young male feeding from ginger flower in rain, Mindo, Ecuador, Andes, South America, January

Rolf Nussbaumer / Purple-bibbed Whitetip hummingbird (Urosticte benjamini) male flying to Ginger flower, Mindo, Ecuador, Andes, South America, January

Rolf Nussbaumer / Violet-tailed Sylph (Aglaiocercus coelestis), male perched on ginger flower, Mindo, Ecuador, Andes, South America, January

Rolf Nussbaumer / Andean Emerald (Amazilia franciae) adult feeding from ginger flower during rain fall, Mindo, Ecuador, Andes, South America, January

Rolf Nussbaumer / Booted Racket-tail (Ocreatus underwoodii), Green-Crowned Woodnymph (Thalurania fannyi) and Brown Inca (Coeligena wilsoni) adults feeding on Ginger flower, Mindo, Ecuador, Andes, South America, Februar...

Rolf Nussbaumer / Booted Racket-tail hummingbird (Ocreatus underwoodii), male flying / feeding from Ginger flower, Mindo, Ecuador, Andes, South America, January

Jouan & Rius / Torch ginger (Etlingera elatior) flower, botanical garden, Costa Rica

Tim Laman / Wattled Honeyeater (Foulehaio carunculata) feeding on Torch ginger flower, Viti Levu Island, Fiji.

Rolf Nussbaumer / Kahili Ginger {Hedychium gardnerianum} flower spike, Alakai Swamp, Kauai, Hawaii, USA, August

Pete Oxford / Ginger (Zingiberaceae) flower in lowlands of western Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Torch ginger flower {Etlingera elatior}, Trinidad

Rolf Nussbaumer / Purple-throated Mountain-gem {Lampornis calolaema} male feeding from Ginger flower, Central Valley, Costa Rica

Rolf Nussbaumer / Violet Sabrewing {Campylopterus hemileucurus} male feeding on Spiral Ginger flower (Costus Pulverulentus), Central Valley, Costa Rica

Rolf Nussbaumer / Coppery-headed Emerald, Elvira cupreiceps, female in flight on flower of the ginger family(Zingiberaceae), Central Valley, Costa Rica, Central America, December 2006

Rolf Nussbaumer / Coppery-headed Emerald, Elvira cupreiceps, male in flight on flower of the ginger family(Zingiberaceae), Central Valley, Costa Rica, Central America, December 2006

Rolf Nussbaumer / Green-crowned Brilliant {Heliodoxa jacula} Female in flight feeding on Spiral Ginger flower (Costus pulverulentus) Central Valley, Costa Rica

Rolf Nussbaumer / Coppery-headed Emerald, Elvira cupreiceps, male in flight on flower of the ginger family(Zingiberaceae), Central Valley, Costa Rica, Central America, December 2006

Rolf Nussbaumer / Green Hermit {Phaethornis guy} male in flight feeding on Spiral Ginger flower (Costus pulverulentus) Central Valley, Costa Rica

Rolf Nussbaumer / Black-bellied Hummingbird {Eupherusa nigriventris}male in flight feeding on Flower of the Ginger plant family, Central Valley, Costa Rica

Jane Burton / Ginger kitten inspecting a toad in a flower pot.

Jane Burton / Ginger kitten inspecting a toad in a flower pot.

Pete Oxford / Wild ginger flower {Zingiberaceae} with visiting bee Madre de Dios rainforest, Peru Spouth America - Insect visit sequence 2/2

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Violet Sabre-wing (Campylopterus hemileucurus) hummingbird feeding on and pollinating Spiral Flag (Costus sp) ginger flowers, cloud forest, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Violet Sabre-wing (Campylopterus hemileucurus) hummingbird feeding on and pollinating Spiral Flag (Costus sp) ginger flowers, cloud forest, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Green-crowned Brilliant (Heliodoxa jacula) hummingbird feeding and pollinating Spiral Flag (Costus sp) ginger flowers, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica

Gerry Ellis / Indonesian Wax Ginger (Tapeinochilos ananassae) flower, lowland tropical rainforest, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Little Hermit (Phaethornis longuemareus) hummingbird, feeding at and pollinating Ginger (Renealmia cernus) flowers, Wilson Gardens, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Australian Ginger (Curcuma australasica) wet with rain, Litchfield National Park, Northern Territory, Australia

Mark Moffett / Ponerine Ant (Ectatomma sp) protecting flower of Spiral Flag (Costus sp) ginger, Manu, Peru

Pete Oxford / Wild ginger flower {Zingiberaceae} Madre de Dios, rainforest, Peru, South America - Insect visit sequence 1/2

Chien Lee / Ginger (Etlingera brevilabrum) flowers, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia

Chien Lee / Ginger (Etlingera velutina) flower, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia

Tim Laman / Wattled Honeyeater (Foulehaio carunculata) on Torch ginger flower. Viti Levu Island, Fiji.