Phil Savoie / Green-crowned brillian hummingbird (Heliodoxa jacula) visiting Torch ginger flower (Etlingera elatior), Poas Volcano National Park Costa Rica

Felis Images / Little spiderhunter (Arachnothera longirostra) perched on Torch ginger (Etlingera elatior) Kerala, India.

Felis Images / Kahili ginger (Hedychium gardnerianum) flower, Sikkim, India.

Ernie Janes / Torch ginger (Etlingera elatior) Thailand.

Ernie Janes / Ginger Lily (Hedychium) 'Tara' growing in autumn border.

Ernie Janes / Ginger Lily (Hedychium) 'Tara' growing in autumn border.

Phil Savoie / Green-crowned brilliant hummingbird (Heliodoxa jacula) visiting Torch ginger (Etlingera elatior), Poas Volcano National Park Costa Rica

Phil Savoie / Green-crowned brillian hummingbird (Heliodoxa jacula) visiting Torch ginger (Etlingera elatior), Poas Volcano National Park Costa Rica

Phil Savoie / Green-crowned brillian-t hummingbird (Heliodoxa jacula) visiting Torch ginger flower (Etlingera elatior), Poas Volcano National Park Costa Rica

John Cancalosi / Torch ginger (Etlingera elatior) portrait of flower, Costa Rica

Juan Carlos Munoz / Ingredients for preparing dyes, including Tumeric (Curcuma longa) and possibly Tuyska (Latin name unknown) by Boruca indigenous people, Costa Rica. December 2014.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Preparation of dye using Tumeric (Curcuma longa) with bowl of purple dye produced possibly from Tuyska (Latin name unknown) Boruca indigenous people, Costa Rica. December 2014.

Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Torch ginger (Etlingera elatior) introduced species, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Martin Gabriel / Flower of a Torch Ginger (Etlingera elatior), a frequently planted ornamental plant in Costa Rica, February

Chien Lee / Resurrection Lily (Kaempferia rotunda) flowers emerging from forest floor late in the dry season, Uthai Thani, Thailand

David Welling / Torch lily {Etlingera elatior} St Lucia

Rolf Nussbaumer / Kahili Ginger {Hedychium gardnerianum} flower spike, Alakai Swamp, Kauai, Hawaii, USA, August