Ornithocephalus valerioi Ames & C. Schweinf., Schedul. Orchid. 10: 103. 1930.
TYPE: Costa Rica. Province of Guanacaste, El Silencio, near Tilarán, January 13, 1926. About 750 m alt. “On tree; flowers green and white.” Paul C. Standley & Juvenal Valerio 44672, (holotype, AMES).