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Image © 2008 Nathan Muchhala


 

Nathan comments that the bat shown here, Anoura fistulata, hangs on to the flower while pollinating, while Anoura geoffroyi, a slightly larger bat, keeps hovering with its wings sticking out of the spaces between the upper 2 sepals and one petal and the lower 3 sepals.