Heather Angel / Mauritian bloody bellflower (Nesocodon mauritianus), female phase with red nectar at base of style. Cultivated at Kew Gardens, London, England, UK. Native to Mauritius.

Heather Angel / Elephant yam (Amorphophallus paeoniifolius) in UV light, lower band with female flowers, male flowers above.

Heather Angel / Flowering rush (Butomus umbellatus), drops of nectar fluorescing in UV light. Surrey, England, UK. Focus stacked.

Heather Angel / Himalayan balsam (Impatiens glandulifera), dissection of flowers. Male phase above, downward projecting stamens release pollen onto backs of bumblebees and honey bees. Female phase below with downward...

Heather Angel / Hairy banana (Musa velutina), self peeling exposing flesh to aid seed dispersal by birds. In glasshouse. Surrey, England, UK.

Heather Angel / Mother of thousands (Kalanchoe daigremontiana), viviparous growth with vegetative propagation of plantlets on leaf margins. In cultivation.

Marie Read / Eared Grebes (Podiceps nigricollis), adult feeds a damselfly nymph to one of two chicks riding on its back, Bowdoin National Wildlife Refuge, Montana, USA, June.

Mike Read / Royal / Flowering fern (Osmunda regalis) fertile fronds. New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK. June.

David Fleetham / Blue sea star (Linckia laevigata) perching as high as it can while spawning into current. Puerto Galera, Philippines.

Ashley Cooper / Lesser black backed gull (Larus fuscus) nesting on Walney Island off Barrow in Furness, England, UK, June.

Ashley Cooper / Close up of Frogspawn, UK.

Joao Burini / Amaryllis (Hippeastrum sp), close-up of anthers, Intervales State Park, Sao Paulo, Atlantic Forest South-East Reserves, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Brazil.