TYPE: Ecuador. Morona-Santiago: Cordillera del Cutucú, epiphytic in forest along the new road between Mendez and Morona, alt. 750 m, 18 January 1989, C. Luer, J. Luer, P. Jesup, A. Jesup, A. Hirtz & S. Ortega 13979 (holotype, MO; illustration of type).