Phil Savoie / Green-crowned brillian hummingbird (Heliodoxa jacula) visiting Torch ginger flower (Etlingera elatior), Poas Volcano National Park Costa Rica

Ernie Janes / Red hot poker (Kniphofia) 'Royal Standard' in garden border, England, UK, July.

Felis Images / Little spiderhunter (Arachnothera longirostra) perched on Torch ginger (Etlingera elatior) Kerala, India.

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

Gary K. Smith / Red-hot poker (Kniphofia) flowers.

John Cancalosi / Torch ginger (Etlingera elatior) portrait of flower, Costa Rica

Ernie Janes / Red-hot poker flowers (Kniphofia) close up, cultivated plant.

Ernie Janes / Red-hot pokers (Kniphofia) in garden, Loch Berneray, Hebrides, Scotland, UK, June.

Ernie Janes / Red-hot pokers (Kniphofia) in garden, Loch Berneray, Hebrides, Scotland, UK, June.