TYPE: Ecuador. Zamora-Chinchipe: epiphytic in cloud forest above Valladolid, alt. 2450 m, 17 Mar 1984, C. Luer, S. Dalström, T. Hoijer, J. Kuijt & D. D'Alessandro 9589 (holotype and illustration, MO; isotype, SEL; illustration and photo of the flower from the type plant).