TYPE: Panama. Bocas del Toro: epiphytic in forest above Chiriquí Grande, alt. 350 m, 17 Feb 1985, collected by C Luer, J. Luer, R. Dressler & K. Dressler, flowered in cultivation by A. & P. Jesup in Bristol, CT., 26 Apr 1987, C. Luer 10612 (holotype, MO).