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.

David Fleetham / Green anole lizard (Anolis carolinensis) on Torch ginger (Nicolaia elatior), Oahu, Hawaii.

Ernie Janes / Torch ginger (Etlingera elatior) Thailand.

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

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

Ingo Arndt / Torch Ginger (Nicolaia elatior) flower, Costa Rica

Ingo Arndt / Torch Ginger (Nicolaia elatior) flower, Costa Rica