TYPE: Costa Rica. Cartago: Paraíso, Navarro; ca. 9°49′N, 83°53′W; 1,100–1,150 m; premontane wet forest, terrestrial on steep slope; stems 2.5 m long; flower deep purple with blue tones, March 13, 2005, R. L. Dressler 6500 & J. Warner. The type prepared from a plant cultivated at Lankester Botanical Garden, accession no. JBL-11807; flowered February 28, 2013 (holotype, CR; isotypes, JBL, USJ, CR; composit plate of the plant that served as the holotype; photo of the flower from the plant that served as the holotype; another photo of the flower). Paratype: Costa Rica. Cartago: Paraíso, Navarro, ca. 9°49′N, 83°53′W; 1,100–1,150 m); premontane wet forest; March 13, 2005; R. L. Dressler 6501 & J. Warner. Prepared from a plant cultivated at Lankester Botanical Garden, accession no. JBL- 11047, flowered March 4, 2013 (CR).
