TYPE: Colombia. Dept. of Chocó, epiphytic in cloud forest south of the pass between Urrao and Carmen de Atrato, alt. 2680 m, 31 May 1995, C. Luer, J. Luer, R. Escobar, L. Moreno de Posada, B. López, F. López & G. Arteaga 17677 (holotype, MO; ilustration of type).