Martin Willis / African Jacana (Actophilornis africanus) walking on floating lily pads, Mabamba Swamp, Uganda

Felis Images / Nun's hood orchid (Phaius tankervilleae) flowers, Singalila National Park, West Bengal, India.

Ernie Janes / White spider lily flower (Crinum asiaticum) Northern Thailand.

Ernie Janes / White spider lily flower (Crinum asiaticum) Northern Thailand.

Ernie Janes / White spider lily flower (Crinum asiaticum) Northern Thailand.

Eric Baccega / African Jacana (Actophilornis africana) searching for food on water. Swamps of Mabamba, lake Victoria, Uganda.

Richard Du Toit / Crinum lily (Crinum sp), Gauteng, South Africa

Richard Du Toit / Crinum lily (Crinum sp), Gauteng, South Africa

Ann & Steve Toon / Crinum lily (Crinum foetidum), Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa

Richard Du Toit / Ostrich (Struthio camelus) amongst Crinum lilies, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Northern Cape Province, South Africa, February.

Staffan Widstrand / Cape grass lily (Crinum sp) St Lucia Wetlands National Park, South Africa

MYN / Lily Kumpe / Swamp Bottlebrush (Beaufortia sparsa) Denmark Shire, Warren Bioregion, Western Australia. Meetyourneighbtous.net project

Ashish & Shanthi Chandola / Pheasant tailed jacana (Hydrophasianus chirurgus), Yala National Park, Sri Lanka.

Ashish & Shanthi Chandola / Pheasant tailed jacana (Hydrophasianus chirurgus), Yala National Park, Sri Lanka.

Ashish & Shanthi Chandola / Pheasant tailed jacana (Hydrophasianus chirurgus), Yala National Park, Sri Lanka.

Jabruson / Forest Lilly (Crinum) growing along forest stream near Romani Bai. Odzala-Kokoua National Park, Republic of Congo

Jabruson / Forest Lilly (Crinum) growing along forest stream near Romani Bai. Odzala-Kokoua National Park, Republic of Congo

Jabruson / Forest Lilly (Crinum) growing along forest stream near Romani Bai. Odzala-Kokoua National Park, Republic of Congo

Ernie Janes / Pheasant-tailed Jacana (Hydrophasianus chirurgus) walking in swamp, Yala NP, Sri Lanka

Staffan Widstrand / Cape grass lily (Crinum sp) in flower, St Lucia wetlands National Park, South Africa

Scott Leslie / Yellow Pond Lily (Nuphar luteum) growing in swamp, Highlands Hammock State Park, Florida

Eric Baccega / Marsh swamp in Newfoundland Island, Canada, September 2010

Richard Du Toit / Swamp lily (Crinum sp) flowering in wetlands, Marievale bird sanctuary, Guateng, South Africa, November

Richard Du Toit / Swamp lily (Crinum sp) flowering in wetlands, Marievale bird sanctuary, Guateng, South Africa, November 2009

Adrian Davies / String lily (Crinum americanum) in flower, Corkscrew Swamp, Florida, USA

Jouan & Rius / Water lily flowering in a swamp after the rainy season, Bushmanland, Namibia

Jouan & Rius / Water lily flowering in a swamp after the rainy season, Bushmanland, Namibia

Rolf Nussbaumer / Kahili Ginger {Hedychium gardnerianum} flower spike, Alakai Swamp, Kauai, Hawaii, USA, August

Patricio Robles Gil / Maputaland grass lily {Crinum acaule} Mozambique

Steven David Miller / Swamp lily {Crinum americanum} food of white tailed deer, Florida, USA

Gerry Ellis / Sacred Lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) in bloom on billabong during wet season, Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia

Sebastian Kennerknecht / African Jacana (Actophilornis africanus) walking on floating lily pads, Lake Albert, Toro-Semliki Wildlife Reserve, Western Rift Valley, Great Rift Valley, western Uganda

Staffan Widstrand / Blood lily (Scadoxus multiflorus) in flower, Bigodi Swamp, Kibale Forest National Park, Uganda.

Ripan Biswas / A bag confiscated from a poacher containing dead birds including Red-headed swamp hen (Porphyrio sp.), Bronze-winged jacana (Metopidius indicus), Cotton pygmy goose (Nettapus coromandelianus), Eurasia...

Harry Collins / Great blue heron (Ardea herodias) holding American bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus) in beak whilst standing in swamp, Florida, USA.