TYPE: Ecuador. Bolívar: epiphytic wet virgin forest west of La Palma, alt. 1250 m, 10 Mar 1991, C. Luer, J. Luer, A. Hirtz, X. Hirtz, F. Navarro, M. Navarro, J. Del Hierro & M. Evans 14973 (holotype and drawing of type, MO; isotype, SEL; illustration of type).