Pascal Kobeh / Luminescent jellyfish / mauve stinger (Pelagia noctiluca) in open water, Gozo Island, Malta. Mediterranean Sea.

Pascal Kobeh / Luminescent jellyfish / Mauve stinger (Pelagia noctiluca) in open water, Gozo Island, Malta. Mediterranean Sea.

Pascal Kobeh / Luminescent jellyfish / Mauve stinger (Pelagia noctiluca) in open water, Gozo Island, Malta. Mediterranean Sea.

Ben Cranke / Grandidiers baobab (Adansonia grandidieri) trees on starry night, Baobab Alley, Menabe, Madagascar. Honorable Mention in the Landscapes, Waterscapes and Plant Life category of the Big Picture 2014.

Bernard Castelein / Capped langur (Trachypithecus pileatus) in flowering cotton silk tree (Bombax ceiba), Assam, India.

Bernard Castelein / Capped langur (Trachypithecus pileatus) in flowering cotton silk tree (Bombax ceiba), Assam, India.

Inaki Relanzon / Woman carrying water, silhouetted at dusk with Boabab trees, in Morondava, Madagascar

Martin Gabriel / China rose (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis) flower. Cultivated plant, Costa Rica.

Martin Gabriel / Wild Mallow (Lavatera thuringiaca), flowering, Bavaria, Germany

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Abstract of Ceiba (Ceiba pentandra) buttress roots, Orango Island, Guinea-Bissau, December 2013.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Abstract of Ceiba (Ceiba pentandra) buttress roots, Orango Island, Guinea-Bissau, December 2013. Completed Review

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Ceiba tree (Ceiba pentandra) Canogo Island, Guinea-Bissau, December 2013.

Richard Du Toit / Baobab tree (Adansonia digitata) with herd of African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) Kruger National Park, Limpopo Province, South Africa, September.

Chris Mattison / Cocoa pods (Theobroma cacao) growing, Ecuador, October.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Kapok tree (Ceiba pentandra) close up spikes of trunk, Canamina forest, Cantanhez National Park, Guinea-Bissau.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Great kapok (Ceiba pentandra) buttress tree roots, Cantanhez National Park, Guinea-Bissau.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Great kapok (Ceiba pentandra)buttress tree roots, Cantanhez National Park, Guinea-Bissau.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Great kapok (Ceiba pentandra) buttress tree roots, Cantanhez National Park, Guinea-Bissau.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Great kapok (Ceiba pentandra) tree, trunk and buttress roots, Cantanhez National Park, Guinea-Bissau.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Great kapok (Ceiba pentandra) tree, trunk and buttress roots, Cantanhez National Park, Guinea-Bissau.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Great kapok (Ceiba pentandra) tree, buttress trunk and roots, Cantanhez National Park, Guinea-Bissau.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Great kapok (Ceiba pentandra) tree, trunk and roots, Cantanhez National Park, Guinea-Bissau.

Floris van Breugel / Looking up at Ceiba trees, Palenque National Park, Chiapas, Mexico. March 2014.

Floris van Breugel / Ceiba tree and Building 19 (The Labyrinth) of the Yaxchilan Maya ruins, along the Usumacinta river in Chiapas, Mexico. March 2014.

Floris van Breugel / Looking up at Ceiba trees at night in the Lacandon Jungle near Lacanjá Chansayab, Chiapas, Mexico. March 2014.

Floris van Breugel / Ceiba tree at night in the Lacandon Jungle near Lacanjá Chansayab, Chiapas, Mexico. March 2014.

RHONDA KLEVANSKY / Cocoa (Theobroma cacao) pod, near Baracoa, Cuba, November.

RHONDA KLEVANSKY / Cocoa (Theobroma cacao) pod, near Baracoa, Cuba, November.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Common Mallow (Malva sylvestris) flower, in the garden at Podere Montecucco, Orvieto, Umbria, Italy, July.

Nick Upton / Musk mallow (Malva moschata) flowering in a woodland clearing, Gloucestershire, UK, July.

Nick Upton / Musk mallow (Malva moschata) flowering in a woodland clearing, Gloucestershire, UK, July.

Peter Cairns / Redshank (Tringa totanus) perched on wire fence in field of Lupins, Iceland, June

Ernie Janes / 'Twice in a blue moon' hybrid tea rose, in flower, UK, June.

Ernie Janes / Small tortoiseshell butterfly (Aglais urticae) on Hemp agrimony (Eupatorium cannabinum) England, UK, August.

Ernie Janes / Small Tortoishell Butterfly (Aglais urticae) on cone flowers (Echinacea purpurea) England, UK, August.

Ernie Janes / Small tortoiseshell butterflies (Aglais urticae) feeding on Hemp agrimony (Eupatorium cannabinum) England, UK, August.

Ernie Janes / Small tortoiseshell butterflies (Aglais urticae) feeding on Hemp agrimony (Eupatorium cannabinum) England, UK, August.

Ernie Janes / Sainfoin (Onobrychis viciifolia) crop in flower, Norfolk, July 2013.

Ernie Janes / Red campion (Silene dioica) and Oxeye Daises (Leucanthemum vulgare) on field margin, Norfolk, UK, June.

Ernie Janes / Red campion (Silene dioica) and Oxeye Daises (Leucanthemum vulgare) on field margin, Norfolk, UK, June.

Ernie Janes / Red campion (Silene dioica) and Oxeye Daises (Leucanthemum vulgare) on field margin, Norfolk, UK, June.

Ernie Janes / Red campion (Silene dioica) and Buttercups (Ranunculus acris) on field margin, Norfolk, UK, June.

Ernie Janes / Red bistort (Persicaria amplexicaulis) in bog garden, England, UK, August.

Ernie Janes / Lacy phacelias (Phacelia tanacetifolia) in flower, and small wind turbine, Bodham, Norfolk, England, UK, June

Ernie Janes / Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia) in garden border, England, UK, July.

Ernie Janes / Lace cap Hydrangea 'Lilacina' in woodland garden, England, UK, August.

Ernie Janes / Elephant hawk-moth (Deilephila elpenor) on Lupin flowers, England, UK, June.

Ernie Janes / Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea 'rubinstern') with feeding Peacock butterfly (Inachis io) in garden, England, UK, August

Ernie Janes / Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea 'rubinstern') in garden, England, UK, August

Charlie Summers / Columbine (Aquilegia caerulea) flower, near Laramie River Road, Colorado, June.

Will Watson / Small-leaved Lime (Tilia cordata) flowers and leaves, Herefordshire, England, July.

Paul Hobson / Red grouse (Lagopus lagopus scotica) in heather, Peak District, Derbyshire, UK, August.

Loic Poidevin / Common foxglove (Digitalis purpurea) in flower, France, July.

Adrian Davies / Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria) in flower, Surrey, England, UK, July.

Chris Mattison / Fragrant orchids (Gymnadenia conopsea) growing in an abandoned quarry, Derbyshire, Peak District National Park, England, UK, July.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Eurasian eagle owl (Bubo bubo) chick in heather, captive, Cabarceno Park, Cantabria, Spain, June.

MYN / Dimitris Poursanidis / Ventral view of Mediterranean Violet Aeolid (Flabellina affinis) Crete, Greece, November. Meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Dirk Funhoff / Field scabious (Knautia arvensis) Mannheim, Germany, April. Meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Dirk Funhoff / Field Scabious (Knautia arvensis) Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, April. Meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Dirk Funhoff / Brown Knapweed (Centaurea jacea) Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, June. Meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Dirk Funhoff / Lady orchid (Orchis purpurea) Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, May. Meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Dirk Funhoff / Lady orchid (Orchis purpurea) Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, May. Meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Dirk Funhoff / Lady orchid (Orchis purpurea) Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, May. Meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Dirk Funhoff / Lady orchid (Orchis purpurea) Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, May. Meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Dimitris Poursanidis / Winter iris (Iris unguicularis unguicularis) in flower, Crete, Greece.

MYN / Dimitris Poursanidis / Winter iris (Iris unguicularis unguicularis) in flower, Crete, Greece.

MYN / Dimitris Poursanidis / Winter iris (Iris unguicularis unguicularis) in flower, Crete, Greece.

MYN / Dimitris Poursanidis / Endemic flower (Bellevalia brevipedicellata) Crete, Greece

MYN / Dimitris Poursanidis / Endemic flower (Bellevalia brevipedicellata) Crete, Greece

MYN / Marko Masterl / Three-toothed orchid (Orchis tridentata) in flower, Slovenia, Europe, May Meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Marko Masterl / Goldenrod Crab Spider (Misumena vatia) capturing a Bumblebee (Bombus sp) on Hoary plantain (Plantago media), Slovenia, Europe, June Meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Marko Masterl / Goldenrod Crab Spider (Misumena vatia) capturing a Bumblebee (Bombus sp) on Hoary plantain (Plantago media), Slovenia, Europe, June Meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Marko Masterl / Green-winged Orchid (Orchis morio) in flower, Slovenia, Europe, May Meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Marko Masterl / Grass-Leaved Flag (Iris graminea) in flower, Slovenia, Europe, June Meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Marko Masterl / Orchid (Orchis mascula signifera) in flower, Slovenia, Europe, May Meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Marko Masterl / Alpine Clematis (Clematis alpina) in flower, Slovenia, Europe, June Meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Dimitris Poursanidis / Winter iris (Iris unguicularis unguicularis) in flower, Crete, Greece.

MYN / Dimitris Poursanidis / Winter iris (Iris unguicularis unguicularis) in flower, Crete, Greece.

Florian Möllers / Thrift (Armeria maritima) flowering at 'Uthorn' Nature Reserve, List, Island of Sylt, Wadden Sea National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Germany.

Florian Möllers / Thrift (Armeria maritima) flowering at 'Uthorn' Nature Reserve, List, Island of Sylt, Wadden Sea National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Germany.

Roger Powell / Red-legged partridge (Alectoris rufa), Castro Verde, Alentejo, Portugal, March.

Roger Powell / Male Little bustard (Tetrax tetrax) feeding on flowers in a meadow, Castro Verde, Alentejo, Portugal, April.

John Cancalosi / Stichtite Mg6Cr2CO3(OH)164H2O, a carbonate of chromium and magnesium, from Dundas, Tasmania.

Kim Taylor / Honesty (Lunaria aunnua) flowers. Surrey, England, April

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstr / Loose-Flowered Orchid (Orchis laxiflora) in flower, Bela Reka, Eastern Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria, May.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstr / Loose-Flowered Orchid (Orchis laxiflora) in flower, Bela Reka, Eastern Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria, May.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstr / Loose-Flowered Orchid (Orchis laxiflora) in flower, Bela Reka, Eastern Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria, May.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstr / Loose-flowered orchids (Orchis laxiflora) in flower, Bela Reka, Eastern Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria, May.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstr / Loose-flowered orchids (Orchis laxiflora) in flower, Bela Reka, Eastern Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria, May.

Tony Phelps / Erica hispidula in flower, De Hoop Nature Reserve, Western Cape, South Africa.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstr / Buy Brook thistle (Cirsium rivulare) Eastern Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria, May 2013.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstr / Loose-Flowered Orchid (Orchis laxiflora) Bela Reka, Eastern Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria, May 2013.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstr / Gladiolus in flower (Gladiolus sp) Eastern Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria, May 2013.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstr / Gladiolus in flower (Gladiolus sp) Eastern Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria, May 2013.

Adrian Davies / Cultivated garden Passion flower (Passiflora x violacea), Surrey, England, UK, August.

Adrian Davies / Purple Toothwort (Lathraea clandestina) in botanic garden, Surrey, England. May.