TYPE: Colombia. Magdalena: Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, along the road to the TV antcnna, 2500 m, Apr. 1981, collected by R. Escobar, D. Portillo et al., flowered in cultivation by L. & J. Posada at Colomborquídeas, EI Retiro, 20 Apr. 1983, C. Luer 8740 (holotype, SEL; illustration of type; photo of the flower from the plant that served as the holotype).