Epiphytic shrub;  mature branches subterete, bluntly angled, glabrous, brown.  Leaves elliptic- or ovate-lanceolate, (9.5-)13-16 x 4-7 cm, basally obtuse or rounded, apically short or long but broadly acuminate, nitid, glabrous, margins slightly revolute;  3(-5)-plinerved, the nerves arising from near the base, the midrib thickened and raised through the proximal 1-1.5 cm but impressed distally above, raised beneath, the inner pair of lateral veins plane or weakly impressed above and raised beneath, the veinlets reticulate and slightly raised on both surfaces;  petioles subterete, rugose, (10-)15-17 mm long and 2-3 mm in diam., glabrous, glaucous.  Inflorescence viscid, 20-25-flowered, the lowest 3-4 floral bracts and 3.5-5 cm of rachis sterile;  rachis 12-15 cm long and 3-3.5 mm diam., bluntly angled, glabrous but with scattered globular glands;  floral bracts conspicuously striate, oblong, 7-11 x 5-6 mm, basally truncate, apically rounded, each margin with 10-20 angular or globular sessile glands, some of these often caducous;  pedicels subterete, glabrous, 19-20 mm long and 1-1.2 mm in diam., "purple," provided at the distal tip with 6-8 flesh-colored ovoid-angular short-stipitate glands each less than 0.5 mm in diam.;  bracteoles subopposite, located midway along and continuous (not articulate) with the pedicel, ovate, 1.5 m long and ca. 1 mm broad at the base, the tip completely glandular-callose and with 1-2 pairs globular glands below tip which may fuse.  Flowers:  calyx glabrous, 6-7 m long;  hypanthium campanulate, 5(weakly 10)-ribbed, 2 mm long, basally apophysate with the rim undulate and turned upward, "purple";  limb spreading, noticeably constricted at the base, 3-4 mm long, "green";  lobes triangular, obtuse, 1 mm long and ca. 3 mm wide at the base, erect after anthesis, completely glandular-callose without and onto the limb, only the margins callose wihtin;  sinuses flat or broadly rounded;  corolla cylindric but conspicuously inflated the distal 1/4, glabrous, 41-46 mm long and 6 mm diam., "waxy red," the lobes triangular, obtuse, 2-3.5 mm long;  stamens equal, 34-36 mm long;  filaments pilose along the margins and inner surfaces, alternately 1-2 mm and 5-6 mm long;  anthers alternately 33-35 mm and 29-31 mm long;  thecae 5-6.5 mm long;  tubules apically dehiscent by short clefts ca. 2-3 mm long with ragged and slightly flaring margins;  style sigmoid, 42-45 mm long.  Berry not seen.

    Distribution (Map).  Endemic to Panama and known only from the type locality, where it grows as a pendent epiphyte in very wet cloud forest or premontane rain forest at elevations of 600-1300 m.  Rare and endangered.