Tim Fitzharris / Tiger-striped Leaf Frog (Phyllomedusa tomopterna) on Heliconia, Costa Rica

Thomas Marent / Red-eyed Tree Frog (Agalychnis callidryas) on Heliconia (Heliconia sp) flower, Cahuita National Park, Costa Rica

Thomas Marent / Red-eyed Tree Frog (Agalychnis callidryas) on Heliconia (Heliconia sp) flower, Cahuita National Park, Costa Rica

Konrad Wothe / Honduran White Bat (Ectophylla alba) roosting under Heliconia (Heliconia sp) leaf, Braulio Carrillo National Park, Costa Rica

Tim Fitzharris / Red-eyed Tree Frog (Agalychnis callidryas) three sitting on Heliconia (Heliconia sp), Costa Rica, Digital composite

Patricio Robles Gil / Fiji Crested Iguana (Brachylophus vitiensis) beside Heliconia, endemic to Fiji and Tonga

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Scaly-breasted Hummingbird (Phaeochroa cuvierii) near a Heliconia flower (Heliconia latispatha) in rainforest, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Tiger-striped Leaf Frog (Phyllomedusa tomopterna) on Heliconia (Heliconia stricta), Amazon rainforest, Peru

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Heliconia (Heliconia irrasa) and palms with female Green Anole (Norops biporcatus) in rainforest, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Eyelash Viper (Bothriechis schlegelii) gold morph lying in wait on Heliconia (Heliconia imbricata) to strike at Rufous-tailed Hummingbird (Amazilia tzacatl) rainforest, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Band-tailed Barbthroat (Threnetes ruckeri) hummingbird, male feeding and pollinating Heliconia (Heliconia pogonantha) flowers, rainforests, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Red-eyed Tree Frog (Agalychnis callidryas) on (Heliconia mathiasii) rainforest, Costa Rica

Claus Meyer / Two-striped Forest Pit Viper (Bothrops bilineatus) hanging on a Heliconia (Heliconia sp) flower, Atlantic Forest, Brazil

Claudio Contreras / Gray Cracker Butterfly (Hamadryas februa) on Heliconia sp. flower, Dzibilchaltun, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, August.

Hiroya Minakuchi / Red-eyed Tree Frog (Agalychnis callidryas) on heliconia, Costa Rica

Konrad Wothe / Fruit eating bats (Artibeus watsonii) resting under Heliconia leaf, Braulio Carrillo National Park, Costa Rica

Pete Oxford / Heliconia (Heliconia sp) flowers and bracts, Yasuni National Park, Amazon, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Heliconia (Heliconia sp) bracts and flowers, Intag Valley, northwest Ecuador

Christian Ziegler / Spix's Disk-winged Bat (Thyroptera tricolor) pair roosting in rolled up Heliconia (Heliconia sp) leaf with the help of tiny suction cups on their wings, Smithsonian Tropical Research Station, Barro Co...

Christian Ziegler / Spix's Disk-winged Bat (Thyroptera tricolor) group roosting in rolled up Heliconia (Heliconia sp) leaf with the help of tiny suction cups on their wings, Smithsonian Tropical Research Station, Barro C...

Staffan Widstrand / Heliconia (Heliconia sp.) flowers. Manacupuwa Reserve, Ecuador, April.

Luciano Candisani / Heliconia (Heliconia sp) flower in atlantic rainforest, Brazil

Murray Cooper / Bananaquit (Coereba flaveola) on Heliconia (Heliconia sp) in lowland rainforest, Ecuador

Murray Cooper / Green Honeycreeper (Chlorophanes spiza) male on Heliconia (Heliconia sp), Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Heliconia (Heliconia sp) flower, Iwokrama Rainforest Reserve, Guyana

Tim Laman / Heliconia flowers (Heliconia sp)

Murray Cooper / Green Heliconia Butterfly (Philaethria dido), Amazon, Ecuador

Murray Cooper / Green Heliconia Butterfly (Philaethria dido), Amazon, Ecuador

Murray Cooper / Wedge-billed Hummingbird (Augastes geoffroyi) feeding on heliconia flower, western slope of Andes, Colombia

Tim Fitzharris / Green-crowned Brilliant (Heliodoxa jacula) with extended tongue perching on heliconia flower, Ecuador

Martin van Lokven / Green and Black Poison Dart Frog (Dendrobates auratus) on heliconia, Selva Verde, Costa Rica

Martin van Lokven / Red-eyed Tree Frog (Agalychnis callidryas) on heliconia, Tortuguero National Park, Costa Rica

Martin van Lokven / Red-eyed Tree Frog (Agalychnis callidryas) on heliconia, Tortuguero National Park, Costa Rica

Kevin Schafer / White-lined Leaf Frog (Phyllomedusa vaillanti) on heliconia, Tambopata National Reserve, Peru

Thomas Marent / Green Vine Snake (Oxybelis fulgidus) with Heliconia, Tambopata National Reserve, Peru

Edwin Giesbers / Heliconia butterfly (Heliconius sp.) showing proboscis, Costa Rica

Tim Fitzharris / Gliding Leaf Frog (Agalychnis spurrelli) on Heliconia (Heliconia sp), Costa Rica

Tim Fitzharris / Magnificent Hummingbird (Eugenes fulgens) female feeding from Heliconia, Costa Rica

Pete Oxford / Bird of Paradise heliconia {Heliconia sp}, Yasuni NP, Ecuador

Theo Allofs / Tree Frog (Phyllomedusa sp) on stem of heliconia flower, Tambopata River, Peru

Theo Allofs / Red-skirted Tree Frog (Hyla rhodopepla) on Heliconia flower, Tambopata River, Peru

Thomas Marent / Wasp pair conctructing a nest under a Heliconia (Heliconia sp) leaf, Manu National Park, Peru

Thomas Marent / Heliconia (Heliconia sp) flower sheaths, Manu National Park, Peru

Pete Oxford / Bird of paradise plant in flower {Heliconia sp.} Yasuni NP, Ecuador

Konrad Wothe / Peters' Tent-making Bat (Uroderma bilobatum) group roosting under Heliconia (Heliconia sp) leaf, Braulio Carrillo National Park, Costa Rica

Pete Oxford / Bird of Paradise heliconia {Heliconia sp} Yasuni NP, Ecuador.

Tim Fitzharris / Heliconia (Heliconia sp), close up, Costa Rica

Philippe Clement / Heliconia flower {Heliconiaceae sp} growing at base of large tree trunk, Carara NP, Costa Rica

Philippe Clement / Heliconia flower {Heliconiaceae sp} Carara NP, Costa Rica

Philippe Clement / Close up of Heliconia flower {Heliconiaceae sp} showing stigma, Carara NP, Costa Rica

Philippe Clement / Close up of Heliconia flower {Heliconiaceae sp} showing stigma, Carara NP, Costa Rica

Ingo Arndt / Heliconia Butterfly (Heliconius antiochus) specimens in Inbio collection showing color variation within the species, Costa Rica

Ingo Arndt / Zebra Butterfly (Heliconius charitonius) emerging from chrysalis, Costa Rica

Christian Ziegler / Red-eyed Tree Frog (Agalychnis callidryas) on Heliconia flower, Soberania National Park, Panama

Michael Durham / Tiger-striped Leaf Frog (Phyllomedusa tomopterna) or Barred Leaf Frog, jumping from a colorful Heliconia flower, native to South America, Surinam, Guyana, Brazil

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Herb layer showing diversity of leaf shapes, mid-elevation, seedling of (Heliconia reticulata), Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Froghopper (Cercopidae) group feeding on Heliconia (Heliconia latispatha), Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Double-spotted Owl Butterfly (Eryphanis aesacus) found in Heliconia thickets, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Eyelash Viper (Bothriechis schlegelii) gold morph waiting in ambush for hummingbirds that visit Heliconia flowers, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Rufous-eyed Tree Frog (Hyla rufioculis) on curled Heliconia leaf, Costa Rica

Pete Oxford / Mosquito (Culex sp) larvae in a Heliconia flower with breathing siphons exposed to the air, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Mosquito (Culex sp) larvae in a Heliconia flower with breathing siphons exposed to the air, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Mosquito (Culex sp) larvae in a Heliconia flower with breathing siphons exposed to the air, Ecuador

Michael Durham / Red-eyed Tree Frog (Agalychnis callidryas) pair on Heliconia, native to Central and South America

Pete Oxford / Anolis Lizard (Anolis sp) male on Heliconia, Esmeraldas, Choco rainforest, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Neotropical Green Anole (Anolis biporcatus) female on Heliconia, Esmeraldas, Choco Rainforest, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Neotropical Green Anole (Anolis biporcatus) female on Heliconia, Esmeraldas, Choco Rainforest, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Neotropical Green Anole (Anolis biporcatus) female on Heliconia, Esmeraldas, Choco Rainforest, Ecuador

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Red-eyed Tree Frog (Agalychnis callidryas) on (Heliconia mathiasii) rainforest, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Red-eyed Tree Frog (Agalychnis callidryas) on (Heliconia mathiasii) rainforest, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Red-eyed Tree Frog (Agalychnis callidryas) on (Heliconia mathiasii) rainforest, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Green Hermit (Phaethornis guy) hummingbird feeding and pollinating Heliconia (Heliconia tortuosa musaceae) flower, cloud forest, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Violet Sabre-wing (Campylopterus hemileucurus) hummingbird visiting a Heliconia (Heliconia monteverdensis) flower, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Green-breasted Mango (Anthracothorax prevostii) hummingbird male flying and Heliconia (Heliconia latispatha) flowers, La Selva Biological Research Station, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Violet-crowned Woodnymph (Thalurania colombica) hummingbird male feeding on Heliconia flowers (Heliconia latispatha), Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Red-footed Plumeleteer (Chalybura urochrysia) hummingbird, among Heliconia (Heliconia sarapiquensis) flowers, rainforest, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Violet Sabre-wing (Campylopterus hemileucurus) hummingbird feeding on Heliconia (Heliconia monteverdensis) flower, in cloud forest, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Green-breasted Mango (Anthracothorax prevostii) hummingbird near Heliconia (Heliconia latispatha) flower, in rainforest, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Green-breasted Mango (Anthracothorax prevostii) hummingbird feeding and pollinating Heliconia (Heliconia latispatha) flowers, rainforest, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Scaly-breasted Hummingbird (Phaeochroa cuvierii) and Heliconia (Heliconia latispatha) flowers, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / White-tipped Sicklebill (Eutoxeres aquila) hummingbird visiting a Heliconia (Heliconia reticulata) flower in rainforest, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / White-tipped Sicklebill (Eutoxeres aquila) hummingbird visiting a Heliconia (Heliconia reticulata) flower in rainforest, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Long-billed Hermit (Phaethornis longirostris) hummingbird feeding on and pollinating Heliconia (Heliconia sp) flower, rainforest, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Long-billed Hermit (Phaethornis longirostris) hummingbird feeding on and pollinating Heliconia (Heliconia sp) flower, rainforest, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Fiery-throated Hummingbird (Panterpe insignis) male feeding on and pollinating flowers (Heliconia monteverdensis) cloud forest, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Violet-crowned Woodnymph (Thalurania colombica) hummingbird male landing on Heliconia (Heliconia latispatha) flower, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Green-breasted Mango (Anthracothorax prevostii) hummingbird male flying and Heliconia (Heliconia latispatha) flowers, La Selva Biological Research Station, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Purple-crowned Fairy (Heliothryx barroti) hummingbird piercing Heliconia flower, Wilson Botanical Gardens, Costa Rican rainforest

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Green-crowned Brilliant (Heliodoxa jacula) hummingbird male perched on Heliconia (Heliconia tortuosa) flower, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Heliconia (Heliconia irrasa) and buttress roots in rainforest, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Green Basilisk (Basiliscus plumifrons) male on Heliconia, Costa Rica

Konrad Wothe / Heliconia (Heliconia sp) in the rainforest, Trinidad, West Indies

Konrad Wothe / Heliconia (Heliconia sp), Trinidad, West Indies

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Vine Snake (Oxybelis brevirostris) on Heliconia (Heliconia trichocarpa) rainforest, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Silverspot Butterfly (Dione juno) feeding on and pollinating Heliconia (Heliconiinae lantana) flowers, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Violet Sabre-wing (Campylopterus hemileucurus) hummingbird perched on Heliconia (Heliconia monteverdensis) cloud forest, Costa Rica