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.

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

A female Pale-spotted Swallowtail Butterfly, Papilio erostratus, in the Atitlan Nature Reserve near Panajachel, Guatemala. The females have pink spots, while the males have white ones. This butterfl...

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