Stellenbosch University Botanical Garden, South Africa

Common name: Orange shrimp plant, Panama queen

Family: Acanthaceae (Acanthus)

Distribution: Central America

IUCN Red list: Not evaluated

Comments: The red-rose coloured flowers are held in spikes with orange-red bracts, which all together makes a very unusual colour match. The genus name is from Greek “apheles” meaning solitary and “aner”- a male, referring to the single-celled anthers.