TYPE: Ecuador. Zamora-Chinchipe: Cordillera del Condor. Chinapintza, alt. 1500 m, collected by I. Acaro, cultivated at Royden Orchids, Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire, England, January 2002, R. Barrow RO16 (holotype, MO; illustration of type; photo of the flowers from the plant that served as the holotype).