Morley Read / Bomarea (Alstroemeriaceae) flowering on Paquisha Alta Tepuy in the Cordillera del Condor, Ecuador. (non-ex)

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Booted Racket-tail (Ocreatus underwoodii) hummingbird male feeding on nectar of Bomarea (Bomarea multiflora) flower in cloud forest, Tandayapa Valley, western slope of Andes, Ecuador

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Western Emerald (Chlorostilbon melanorhynchus) hummingbird male feeding on nectar of Bomarea (Bomarea multiflora) flower in cloud forest, Tandayapa Valley, western slope of Andes, Ecuador

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Booted Racket-tail (Ocreatus underwoodii) hummingbird male feeding on nectar of Bomarea (Bomarea multiflora) flower in cloud forest, Tandayapa Valley, western slope of Andes, Ecuador

Rolf Nussbaumer / Collared Inca (Coeligena torquata) male feeding from Bomarea flower, Papallacta, Ecuador, Andes, South America, January

Rolf Nussbaumer / White-bellied Woodstar (Chaetocercus mulsant), female feeding on Bomarea flower, Papallacta, Ecuador, Andes, South America, January

Rolf Nussbaumer / Tourmaline Sunangel (Heliangelus exortis), female feeding from Bomarea flower, Papallacta, Ecuador, Andes, South America, January

Pete Oxford / Red Seeds / berries of {Bomarea sp} Mindo Cloud Forest, Ecuador

Fabio Liverani / Close-up of flowers of {Bomarea sp} Chirripo NP, Talamanca mt range, Costa Rica

Fabio Liverani / Flowers of {Bomarea sp} Chirripo National Park, Talamanca mt range, Costa Rica

Pete Oxford / Seeds of Bomarea plant, Mindo Cloud Forest, Ecuador.

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Stripe-tailed Hummingbird (Eupherusa eximia) piercing a flower (Bomarea hirsuta) for nectar in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica