Sphaeradenia chiriquensis

Sphaeradenia chiriquensis is a species of plant in the family Cyclanthaceae that is native to Panama and Costa Rica.

This palm-like plant is remarkable for its inflorescence, a spadix, in which the male and female flowers alternate in a precise checkerboard pattern.

[1] It is a semiepiphytic herbaceous plant of the montane rainforests.

It was described by Harling in 1958.

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