TYPE: Colombia. Antioquia: Western Cordillera, alt. 1700-2000 m. November 1975, J.M. Serna s.n. cultivated at La Ceja by M & O Robledo, flowered in cultivation 20 July 1978. R. Escobar 1883 (holotype, JAUM; isotype, SEL; clonotype, MO; drawing of type, MO; illustration of type).