Banana Surprise!

You know what this is?  BANANA FLOWER!!!! 

I have seen my share of banana trees in the few countries I have traveled to, including Guatemala, but I had never seen, nor known, that a beautiful flower stalk and bloom extends downward from the growing bunch of bananas!  Did you know that?  There you have it!  This tree was behind our room in Tikal.  I waded in the flooded ground (from all that hard rain, remember?) outside our cabin to take this shot!