Ernie Janes / Magnolia 'Rustica rubra' in flower in garden, UK, May

Guy Edwardes / Close-up of dew on underside of Magnolia leaf, Uplyme, Devon, England, August

Heather Angel / Southern magnolia / Bull bay (Magnolia grandiflora) flower. The opening and closing of petals controls the time beetle pollinators enter and leave the flower. Cultivated in garden, Surrey, England, UK...

Heather Angel / Tulip tree (Liriodendron tulipifera) flower with orange band to attract bees, produces copious nectar. In visible light. Surrey, England, UK. Native to USA. Focus stacked. Sequence 1/2.

Heather Angel / Tulip tree (Liriodendron tulipifera) flower, pollen and nectar fluorescing in UV light. Surrey, England, UK. Native to USA. Focus stacked. Sequence 2/2.

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Magnolia tree (Magnoliaceae sp) in flower, Tangjiahe National Nature Reserve, Qingchuan County, Sichuan province, China

Eladio Fernandez / Magnolia flower (Magnolia cubensis) Cuba. Endemic.

Felis Images / Magnolia flowers (Magnolia campbellii) Sikkim, India.

Philippe Clement / Magnolia (Magnolia sp) flowers in spring, in garden.

Ernie Janes / Magnolia tree in flower (Magnolia kobus) in garden, Norfolk, England, UK, March.

Clay Bolt / Mining bee (Andrena sp) resting within a saucer magnolia bloom, Madison, Wisconsin, USA, April.

Pascal Pittorino / Flowering Star magnolia tree ( Magnolia stellata) in botanical garden, Var, Provence, France, March.