TYPE: Panama. Prov. of Panama: epiphytic in forest above Chepo, La Margarita, south of the Cordillera San Blas, alt. ca. 800 m, May 1980, collected by W. Rauh 65025, flowered in cultivation at Heidelberg University 16 Oct. 1985, C. Luer 11423 (holotype, MO; illustration of type).