A Field Guide To The Plants and Flowers of Panama

Explore the incredible biodiversity of plants in Panama's tropical rainforests.

Some of the most exotic and prized flowering plants in Panama are the Hotlips, Heliconia and the Poor Man's Umbrella.

Over 10,000 species of native plants and 1,500 types of trees, many found nowhere ...more ↓

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Aechmea haltonii

Aechmea setigera ¹

Aechmea strobilacea

Aechmea tonduzii

Aechmea veitchii ²

Crystal Anthurium ³
Anthurium crystallinum

Araeococcus pectinatus

Astrocaryum alatum

Bactris coloniata

Billbergia macrolepis

Calderonella ⁴
Zeugites

Costus curvibracteatus ⁵

Cryosophila bartlettii

Cryosophila guagara ⁶

Cryosophila kalbreyeri ⁷

Echinodorus bracteatus

Elaeis oleifera ⁷

Greigia sylvicola ⁶

Guadua amplexifolia

Guzmania berteroniana ⁸

Guzmania circinnata

Guzmania coriostachya

Guzmania dissitiflora

Guzmania graminifolia

Guzmania musaica

Guzmania obtusiloba

Guzmania patula

Guzmania polycephala

Guzmania sphaeroidea

Guzmania sprucei ⁹

Guzmania stenostachya

Guzmania subcorymbosa

Parrot's Beak ¹⁰
Heliconia psittacorum

Maclurolyra

Oenocarpus bataua ¹¹

Phytelephas seemannii ¹²

Renealmia alpinia ¹³

Sabinaria ¹⁴

Delta Arrowhead ¹⁵
Sagittaria platyphylla

walking palm ¹⁶
Socratea exorrhiza

Snow Flower (Peace Lily) ¹⁷
Spathiphyllum floribundum

Spathiphyllum montanum ¹⁸

Heliconia collinsiana ¹⁹

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