Paul Hobson / Leaf-nosed bat (Phyllostomidae sp) flying towards Banana (Musa sp) flower to feed. Costa Rica.

Bence Mate / Leafcutter ants (Atta sp) colony harvesting pieces of a banana leaf, Costa Rica.

Bence Mate / Leafcutter ants (Atta sp) colony harvesting a banana leaf, Costa Rica. 3rd place in the Insects and Spiders category of the Terre Sauvage Nature Images Awards competitions 2015.

Juergen Freund / Banana farm after Cyclone Yasi, Innisfail, Queensland, Australia, February 2011

Nigel Cattlin / Banana (Musa x paradisiaca) cross section showing tightly packed leaves is pseudostem.

Nigel Cattlin / Lady finger / Sugar banana (Musa acuminata) unripe bunch growing on plant. Bangkok, Thailand.

Nigel Cattlin / Lady finger / Sugar banana (Musa acuminata) unripe bunch growing on plant. Bangkok, Thailand.

Nigel Cattlin / Lady finger / Sugar banana (Musa acuminata) unripe bunch growing amongst leaves. Bangkok, Thailand.

Charlie Summers / East African Highland bananas (Musa acuminata) including the flower that has not yet opened. Kigongoni Lodge, Arusha, Tanzania.

Adrian Davies / Leaf-nosed bat (Phyllostomidae sp) nectaring on Banana (Musa sp) flower. Costa Rica. Digital composite.

Ingo Arndt / Purple-throated woodstar (Philodice mitchellii) nectaring on Banana (Musa sp) flower. Western slope of Andes, Ecuador. October.

Ingo Arndt / White-bellied woodstar (Chaetocercus mulsant) hummingbird nectaring on Banana (Musa sp) flower. Western slope of Andes, Ecuador. October.