Chien Lee / Ginger (Zingiber kelabitianum) shoots with peduncles carrying inflorescence, Gunung Mulu National Park, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia

Chien Lee / Ginger (Zingiber longipedunculatum) shoots with peduncles carrying inflorescence, Gunung Mulu National Park, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia

Martin Gabriel / Yellow Gentian (Gentiana lutea) inflorescence, Allgaeu Alps, Bavaria, Germany, July

Martin Gabriel / Yellow Gentian (Gentiana lutea) inflorescence, Allgaeu Alps, Bavaria, Germany

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Inflorescence of a Pineapple plant (Ananas comosus) in Atlantic Rainforest near Paraty town, coast of Rio de Janeiro State, southeastern Brazil. September

Alex Hyde / Detail of enormous inflorescence of Arum (Amorphophallus sp) showing droplets of foul-smelling secretion on spadix that attract pollinating insects. Kirindy forest, West Madagascar

Alex Hyde / Enormous inflorescence of Arum (Amorphophallus sp) Dry deciduous forest, Kirindy Forest, Western Madagascar. October.

Marie Read / Snow Plant (Sarcodes sanguinea) flowers, Yosemite National Park, California, USA.

Alex Hyde / Detail of spadix from enormous inflorescence of Arum (Amorphophallus sp) showing droplets of foul-smelling secretion that attract pollinating insects. Kirindy forest, West Madagascar

Philippe Clement / Hazel branch (Corylus avellana) male catkins (left) and female inflorescence, Belgium

Stephen Dalton / Ringlet butterfly {Aphantopus hyperantus} on grass inflorescence, UK

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Inflorescence / flowers of the "Bacaba" palm tree (Oenocarpus bataua) on the margin of an igarape / watercourse in the upland Amazon rainforest, Pará State, Northern Brazil.