Painter's palette (Anthurium andraeanum). This perennial produces a small spike (spadix) that bears attached (sessile) flowers. The spike is surrounde

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Painter's palette (Anthurium andraeanum). This perennial produces a small spike (spadix) that bears attached (sessile) flowers. The spike is surrounded and protected by a modified leaf (spathe).

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Photo credit: © KATE JACOBS/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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