TYPE: Costa Rica. San Jose: km 94 on the Panamerican Highway on the eastern side of Cerro de la Muerte, epiphytic at the top of a huge tree 30 m tall, alt. 3050 m, Jun 1985, cultivated 3 Aug 1985, Escobar, Portillo & de Retana 3611 (holotype, JAUM; isotype, MO, RPSC, USJ; photo of type; illustration of type).