TYPE: Ecuador. Zamora-Chinchipe. epiphytic in cloud forest above Valladolid, alt. 2450 m, 17 March 1984, C. Luer, S. Dalström, T. Hoijer, J. Kuijt & D. D'Alessandro 9582 (holotype and illustration, MO; illustration of type and photo of the flower from the type plant).