Torch Ginger at Ubud Water Palace, Bali.

Torch Ginger (Nicolaia elatior)
This spectacular flower is one of the most beautiful of all flowering tropical plants in Bali. Both leaf and flower stalks emerge separately from underground tubers. The most common form has bright red flowers, though there is another with pink blossoms.
Photographs by Gustavo Thomas. Bali, Indonesia. July, 2009.

Bird of paradise (Heliconia) at Ubud Water palace, Bali.

Heliconia (Heliconea sp)
The flowers grow from rhizomes. They have erect shoots; each composed of a stem and leaves and often terminated by an inflorescence of frequently bright color that comes from the bracts rather than the actual flower.

Ubud Water Palace, Ubud, Bali, Indoensia. July, 2009.
Photograph by Gustavo Thomas

Ubud Water Palace (Bali, 2009)

At Ubud Water Palace. Bali, Indonesia. July, 2009.