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, 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.

Slovenia, Ljubljana, Butchers Bridge over the Ljubljanica River with many love locks on its railings.

Austria, Vienna, Karlsplatz, The Otto Wagner Pavilion.

Animals, Birds, A male Green Violetear Hummingbird, Colibri thalassinus, and a male Grey-tailed or Gray-tailed Mountaingem, Lampornis cinereicauda, face off in a territorial display in the Savegre Riv...

Animals, Birds, A male Steely-vented Hummingbird, Amazilia saucerrottei, feeds on the nector of a Porterweed flower near the Arenal Volcano in Costa Rica.

Animals, Birds, A male Steely-vented Hummingbird, Amazilia saucerrottei, feeds on the nector of a Porterweed flower near the Arenal Volcano in Costa Rica.

Animals, Birds, A male Steely-vented Hummingbird, Amazilia saucerrottei, perches a Porterweed flower near the Arenal Volcano in Costa Rica.