Plants, Trees, Flowers, A Flame Tree, Flamboyant, or Royal Poinciana Tree, Delonix regia, in bloom in the Dominican Republic.

Guyana, Demerara-Mahaica Region, Georgetown, The Giant Water Lily or Queen Victoria's Water Lily, Victoria amazonica, is the world's largest water lily, with lily pads up to 3 meters or 9.8 feet in di...

Guyana, Demerara-Mahaica Region, Georgetown, Silk Cotton or Kapok tree, Ceiba pentandra, in the Botanical Gardens. A large agave plant is flowering at left.

Flowers and seed pods of a plant of the Genus Senna in the Atitlan Nature Reserve near Panajachel, Guatemala.

Flowers and seed pods of a plant of the Genus Senna in the Atitlan Nature Reserve near Panajachel, Guatemala.

A beautiful Calico Flower or Elegant Dutchman's Pipe, Aristolochia littoralis, in the Atitlan Nature Reserve near Panajachel, Guatemala.

Zebra Longwing or Zebra Heliconia Butterfly, (Heliconius charitonia), feeding on a flower near Panajachel, Guatemala

Three Mexican Silverspot Butterflies, Dione moneta poeyii, on a plant in the Atitlan Nature Reserve near Panajachel, Guatemala.

Israel, Dan, The gate to the Old Testament city of Dan in the Tel Dan Nature Reserve in Galilee in northern Israel. A common caper bush is in bloom in the foreground.

Palestine, Qumram National Park, Bougainvillea species flowers in bloom in Qumram National Park in the Occupied Territory of the West Bank.

Palestine, Bethany, A Passionflower, Genus Passiflora, in bloom in the town of Bethany in the West Bank of the Occupied Palestinian Territory.

Palestine, Bethany, A Passionflower, Genus Passiflora, in bloom in the town of Bethany in the West Bank of the Occupied Palestinian Territory.