Type flowered in cultivation; original collection by J.M.Manzanares, B.Patterson, D.Neill, P.Berry, L.Jost & E.Escobar from province of Zamora Chinchipe, near a waterfall in a canyon on the crest of Mount Ijiach Naint, Cordillera de Huaracayos, 03°15'48.1S 78°10'25,7W, 1898 m elev., 21 Mar. 2001.