TYPE: Costa Rica. Preserved from a plant in flower cultivated by A. Alfaro H. and originally collected in January 2006 by Alberto Rodríguez in Costa Rica, Alajuela, San Carlos, Río Cuarto, La Españolita, 4 km N of Santa Rita, 10°26'34''N, 84°11'73''W, 200 m, epiphytic on slender tree, c. 2.5 m from the soil, growing in shade close to a stream, 23.4.2007, F. Pupulin 6549 (holotype, CR [spirit]); illustration of type).