TYPE: Colombia. Dept. of Antioquia, epiphytic in cloud forest north of the pass between Urrao and Carmen de Atrato, alt. 2700 m, 12 Dec. 1994, collected by R. Escobar, F. Lopez & W. Teague, flowered in cultivation at Colomborquídeas, May 1995, R. Escobar s.n. (holotype, JAUM; isotype, MO; ilustration of type).