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. It is a semiepiphytic herbaceous plant of the montane rainforests. It was described by Harling in 1958. Harling, Acta Horti. Berg. Volume 18 (1958) page 376
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