Guyana, Demerara-Mahaica Region, Georgetown, Lotus flower bud, Nelumbo nucifera, in the Botanical Gardens. The lotus flower comes originally from India and is considered sacred to the Hindus and Buddh...

Guyana, Demerara-Mahaica Region, Georgetown, Lotus flower and seed pod, Nelumbo nucifera, in the Botanical Gardens. The lotus flower comes originally from India and is considered sacred to the Hindus...

Guyana, Demerara-Mahaica Region, Georgetown, Lotus flower, Nelumbo nucifera, in the Botanical Gardens. The lotus flower comes originally from India and is considered sacred to the Hindus and Buddhists...

Guyana, Demerara-Mahaica Region, Georgetown, Lotus flower, Nelumbo nucifera, in the Botanical Gardens. The lotus flower comes originally from India and is considered sacred to the Hindus and Buddhists...

Guyana, Demerara-Mahaica Region, Georgetown, Lotus flower bud, Nelumbo nucifera, in the Botanical Gardens. The lotus flower comes originally from India and is considered sacred to the Hindus and Buddh...

Guyana, Demerara-Mahaica Region, Georgetown, Lotus flower bud and seed pod, Nelumbo nucifera, in the Botanical Gardens. The lotus flower comes originally from India and is considered sacred to the Hin...

Guyana, Demerara-Mahaica Region, Georgetown, Lotus seed pod, Nelumbo nucifera, in the Botanical Gardens. The lotus flower comes originally from India and is considered sacred to the Hindus and Buddhis...

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. In the foreground are lotus plants.

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

Guatemala, Solola, Lake Atitlan, Spacious villa on the shore with a steep, forested hill behind and lake in foreground.

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