TYPE: Colombia. Dept. of Chocó. Munic. of San José del Palmar, Cerro del Torrá, epiphytic in cloud forest above the heliport, alt. 1920-1950 m, 11 Aug. 1988, National Geographic Society grant 3884-88, P. Silverstone-Sopkin, N. Paz, R. T. González, J. E. Ramos, L. H. Ramos & A. Henao 4334 (holotype, CUVC; isotype, MO; ilustration of type).