TYPE: Bolivia. Cochabamba: Prov.Chapare, carretera entre Cochabamba y VillaTunari, Cuesta del Sillar, 1850 m, epífita enbosque montano húmedo, 18 Mar. 1990, R.Vásquez 1209 (holotype, LPB; isotype, VASQ, illustration of type, photo of the plant that served as the holotype).