Morley Read / Slow motion clip of a male Orchid bee (Euglossini) gathering nectar from an orchid (Lycomormium ecuadorense) flower, Imbabura Province, Ecuador. (non-ex)

Tim Laman / Epiphytic orchid (Bulbophyllum medusae) growing in the canopy of the lowland rainforest, Gunung Palung National Park, Borneo, West Kalimantan, Indonesia

Tim Laman / Giant orchid (Grammatophyllum speciosum) growing high in the rainforest canopy in Borneo. This species is the world's largest orchid, with flowering stalks reaching 3 m long. Gunung Palung National Pa...

Tim Laman / Botanist amongst the flowers of a Giant orchid (Grammatophyllum speciosum) growing high in the rainforest canopy in Borneo. This species is the world's largest orchid, with flowering stalks reaching 3...

Tim Laman / Giant orchid (Grammatophyllum speciosum) growing high in the rainforest canopy in Borneo. This species is the world's largest orchid, with flowering stalks reaching 3 m long. Gunung Palung National Pa...

Tim Laman / Giant orchid (Grammatophyllum speciosum) growing high in the rainforest canopy. This species is the world's largest orchid, with flowering stalks reaching 3 m long. Gunung Palung National Park, Borneo...

Tim Laman / Wild orchid (Phalaenopsis pantherina) in flower from the rainforest of Borneo. Sabah State, Malaysia.

Tim Laman / Wild orchid (Phalaenopsis pantherina) in flower from the rainforest of Borneo. Sabah State, Malaysia.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Orchid flower, Mount Kinabalu NP, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia

Juan Carlos Munoz / Orchid flower, Mount Kinabalu NP, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia

Nick Garbutt / Rothschild's slipper orchid (Paphiopedilum rothschildianum). Kinabalu Park, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia

Pete Oxford / Rainforest orchid with white flowers, Iwokrama Reserve Guyana, South America