The vibrant scarlet petals of the Fireball lily, Blood lily, or scadoxus multiflorus, may draw attention away from the animals in Tempe Elephant Park, South Africa. Everything about this flower is large—approximately 200 types of these flowers have blossoms that measure nearly 25 centimeters (10 inches) in diameter.

(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Without Borders: Uniting Africa’s Wildlife Reserves," September 2001, National Geographic magazine)