TYPE: Ecuador. Morona-Santiago: epiphytic in cloud forest east of the pass between Gualaceo and Limón, alt. 2100 m, 16 Feb 1986, C. Luer, J. Luer, A. Embree, A. Hirtz & W. Flores 11847 (holotype and drawing of type, MO; isotype, QCNE; illustration of type).