Wild Wonders of Europe / Radisics / Princess flower (Tibouchina semidecandra) close-up, Madeira, March 2009

MORLEY READ / Leaf detail cloud forest shrub (Family Melastomataceae). West Ecuador, South America

Morley Read / Time-lapse of montane rainforest on the slopes of Reventador Volcano, with purple flowered Glory bush trees (Tibouchina trees), Amazon rainforest, Ecuadorian Amazon, 2017. (non-ex)

Chris Mattison / Giraffe-necked weevil (Trachelophorus giraffa) egg case wrapped in the leaves of its food plant (Dichaetanthera sp). Ranomafana,National Park, Madagascar.

Heather Angel / Melastome (Melastoma polyanthum) flowering in forest, steamy from thermal spring. Tengchong, Yunnan Province, China.

Felis Images / Flowers (Sonerila sp) Sikkim, India.

Joao Burini / Pixirica flower (Leandra australis) Guainumbi Private Reserve, Sao Paulo, Atlantic Forest South-East Reserves UNESCO World Heritage Site, Brazil.

Murray Cooper / Melastoma (Melastomataceae) flower, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Fruit of Melastome (Miconia sp.) Yasuni National Park, Amazon Rainforest, Ecuador. South America

MYN / Andrew Snyder / Flower (Melastomataceae) Parabara, Guyana. Meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Andrew Snyder / Flower (Melastomataceae) Parabara, Guyana. Meetyourneighbours.net project

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Koster's Curse (Clidemia hirta), Tawau Hills Park, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia