TYPE: Costa Rica. San Jose: Km 94 on the Panamerican highway on the western side of Cerro de la Muerte, epiphytic at the top of a huge tree 30 m tall, alt. 3050 m, June 1985, cultivated by A. Campos near La Georgina, flowered 3 Aug 1985, Escobar, Portillo & de Retana 3610 (holotype, JAUM; isotype, ANT, MO, RPSC, USJ; photo of type; illustration of type).