TYPE: Ecuador. Preserved from a plant in flower cultivated in the collection of Ecuagenera at Gualaceo and originally collected in 2002 by G. Merino & H. Medina in Ecuador, Zamora-Chinchipe, Zumba, El Progreso, c. 4°52'S, 79°09'W, 1200 m, 11.5.2007, F. Pupulin 6571 (holotype, Ángel Andreetta Research Center on Andean Orchids, Gualaceo [spirit]; illustration of type).