TYPE: Ecuador. Pastaza: forested ridge north of Mera, alt. 1500 m, collected by Stig Dalstrtim and Louis Jost, Mar. 2001, cultivated in Quito by L. lost 2960
(Holotype: QCA; Isotype: MO; illustration of type); same collection, cultivated in Wilmington, DE, Aug. 2002, by M. Rao 97 (MO).