TYPE: Colombia. without locality or collector, cultivated by M. & O. Robledo at La Ceja, obtained from D. Richardson 2873 in New York, obtained from Llgenfritz Orchids in Michigan, obtained from H. Schmidt-Mumm in Bogotá from an unknown source, flowered in cultivation, 21 October 1979. R. Escobar 1755 (holotype, JAUM; isotype, SEL).