TYPE: Ecuador. Morona-Santiago: Patuca, ca.600 m, collected by H. Medina & S. Crothers, 2001, flowered in cultivation in the collection of Ecuagenera at Gualaceo, 21 June 2008, H. Medina 68 (holotype, QCA-Spirit; illustration of type; photo of the flowers from the plant that served as the holotype).