TYPE: Ecuador. Morona-Santiago: Gualaquiza, Chiguinda, vía Bermejos, epífita, 1500-1800 m., Hort. Ecuagenera, collected and grown by Hugo Medina Troyani, pressed 8 Mar 2003, E. Hágsater 13831 (holotype, the illustration, QCNE (photo, AAU, AMES, AMO, GB, K, LOJA, MO, SEL, QCA, S, USM); isotype, AMO(flower in liquid); illustration of type).