TYPE: Bolivia. Cochabamba: Prov.Chapare, Cuesta del Sillar, km 105 entreCochabamba & Villa Tunari, 1850 m, 17°08?S,65°43?W, epífita en bosque montano húmedo, 17 Ene. 1980, R. Vásquez 247 (holotype, LPB; isotypes, Herb. Vasquezianum VASQ, USZ, illustration of type, photo of the plant that served as the holotype).