Juergen Freund / Melanesian children of Marovo Lagoon, New Georgia Islands, Solomon Islands, Melanesia, Pacific Ocean, July 2010

Rolf Nussbaumer / Buff bellied hummingbird {Amazilia yucatanensis} at Hibiscus flower, Texas, USA.

Richard Du Toit / White Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) and Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis), Rietvlei Nature Reserve, Gauteng, South Africa

Roland Seitre / Peter's Angola Colobus Monkey (Colobus angolensis palliatus) eating hibiscus flower. Kenya, Africa.

Roland Seitre / Peter's Angola Colobus Monkey (Colobus angolensis palliatus) among hibiscus flowers with pollen on its face. Kenya, Africa.

Piotr Naskrecki / Herrania (Herrania kanukuensis) flower, Sipaliwini, Surinam

Simon Colmer / African Rosemallow also known as Maple Sugar, Red Hibiscus, Cranberry Shield (Hibiscus acetosella) Medicinal plant: used in Uganda as a blood tonic, leaves are edible and good source of vitamin C.

LYNN M. STONE / Swamp rose mallow (Hibiscus palustris) flower, Guilford, Connecticut, USA, August

LYNN M. STONE / Swamp rose mallow (Hibiscus palustris) flower, Guilford, Connecticut, USA, August

LYNN M. STONE / Male fawn Boxer sitting by hibiscus and other flowers, Geneva, Illinois, USA

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Abutilon (Abutilon sp) flower, Ecuador

Rolf Nussbaumer / Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris), male in flight feeding on Hibiscus flower, Hill Country, Central Texas, USA, August.