Claudio Contreras / Dollar Orchid (Prosthechea boothiana) flower, Chicanna, Calakmul Biosphere Reserve, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, October

Claudio Contreras / Yolk-yellow prosthechea orchid (Prostechea / Encyclia vitellina) flower. Cultivated, found in oak, pine and cloud forest in Mexico, Honduras and Nicaragua, August

Pete Oxford / Black Orchid (Prosthechea cochleata) flower, the Natinal flower of Belize

Christian Ziegler / Orchid (Prosthecheaáprismatocarpa) flowering, central Panama

Christian Ziegler / Orchid (Prosthechea chacaoensis) flowers, Santa Rosa National Park, Costa Rica

Christian Ziegler / Orchid (Prosthecheaáprismatocarpa) flowering next to mountain stream in cloud forest, La Amistad National Park, Panama

Bruno D'Amicis / Black orchid (Prosthechea cochleata) near Cupeyal del Norte, Humboldt National Park, Guantanamo, Cuba

Guy Edwardes / Orange nectar bat (Lonchophylla robusta) feeding on Little clamshell orchid (Prosthechea cochleata), lowland rainforest, Costa Rica. November.