TYPE: Haiti. Dept. du Sud, Massif de la Hotte, Pic Macaya National Park, Formond, 18°22'57"N 73°59'57"W, discovered by Donald D. Dod, flowered in cultivation at the University of California Botanical Garden, Berkeley, 8 May 2009, H. C. Forbes s.n. (holotype, UC; isotype, UPRRP; illustration of type)