Cyathea holdridgeana, synonym Cyathea albomarginata, is a species of tree fern native to Panama and Costa Rica.

[1] It grows in wet forests at elevations of 2400–2800 m, considerably higher than most other tree ferns of Central America.

Cyathea holdridgeana is a small tree with a trunk up to 50 cm tall.

Petiole purplish-brown with white margins, scaly but not spiny; scales (= modified appendages attached to the margins of the petioles) bicolored, dark purple in the center but white along the margins; dead scales appearing totally white.

Leaves bipinnate; pinnulae 10–12 cm long[2][3][4][5]