TYPE: Ecuador. Zamora-Chinchipe, probably Cordillera del Condor, alt. ca 1400 m, imported out of flower with D. simia, collected by D. D'Alessandro, 1987, flowered ini cultivation at J & L Orchids, 922-395, Dec 1992. C. Luer 16530 (holotype, MO; illustration of type, MO).