HUW CORDEY / Aerial view of tropical rainforest canopy with mist and yellow flowering tree (Tabebuia sp), Corcovado NP, Costa Rica. Filmed for BBC Planet Earth series.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Habitat of Spix's macaw with {Tabebuia caraiba} tree, Bahia, Brazil

Christian Ziegler / Guayacan Trumpet Tree (Tabebuia guayacan) dropped petals after synchronized mass flowering triggered by dry-season rain, Barro Colorado Island, Panama

Christian Ziegler / Guayacan Trumpet Tree (Tabebuia guayacan) synchronized flowering caused by heavy rain during the dry season, Barro Colorado Island, Panama

Mary McDonald / Tabebuia tree (Tabebuia impetiginosa) in blossom, Pantanal, Brazil, August

Alan Watson / 'Palo de vela' or Candle tree (Tabebuia ricardii) in tropical rainforest at 500 metres, Loma Quita Espuela Scientific Reserve, Dominican Republic. NB:This species is endemic to the Dominican Republic...

Martin Gabriel / Roble de Sabana (Tabebuia rosea) flowering in dry season, Palo Verde National Park, Costa Rica, February 2009

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Aerial view of Pink Ipê trees (Tabebuia avellanedae) flowering in the Amazon upland rainforest, Northern Mato Grosso State, Brazil.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Aerial view of Pink ipê trees (Tabebuia avellanedae) flowering in the Amazon upland rainforest, Northern Mato Grosso State, Brazil.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Aerial view of Pink Ipê tree (Tabebuia avellanadae) at Três Irmãos Sierra, on the banks of Madeira River, Rondônia State, Brazil.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Aerial view of flowering pink Ipê tree (Tabebuia avellanedae) in the Amazon upland rainforest, Northern Mato Grosso State, Western Brazil.

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Mangrove Hummingbird (Amazilia boucardi) male at Puiva Tree (Tabebuia impetiginosa) flowers, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Green-breasted Mango (Anthracothorax prevostii) hummingbird female visiting flowers of Puiva Tree (Tabebuia impetiginosa), Costa Rica

Christian Ziegler / Bignonia (Tabebuia sp) trees flowering in the Canal Zone, tropical forest canopy in Soberania National Park, Panama

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Puiva Tree (Tabebuia impetiginosa) flowering shortly after rain, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Yellow Cortez (Tabebuia ochracea) flowering shortly after rain, Costa Rica

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Tabebuia tree flowering in tropical rainforest {Tabebuia sp} Brazil

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Yellow ipe tree in flower {Tabebuia ochracea} Emas NP, Cerrado habitat, Brazil

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Yellow ipe tree in flower {Tabebuia ochracea} Emas NP, Cerrado habitat, Brazil

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Pink tajibo tree in flower {Tabebuia avellanedae} Bolivia

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Pink tajibo tree in flower {tabebuia avellanedae} Bolivia

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Aerial view of forest with yellow Tabebuia trees in flower, Pantanal, Brazil

Justine Evans / Flowering Trumpet flower trees {Tabebuia sp} in tropical dry forest, Santa Rosa NP, Costa Rica

Hermann Brehm / Pantanal, Brazil with cattle and Tabebuia trees in flower {Tababuia sp}

Justine Evans / Fallen Trumpet flowers {Tabebuia sp} carpet floor of tropical dry forest, Santa Rosa