Compact, somewhat scandent, epiphytic shrub with stems 1-2 dm long;  mature branches terete or subterete, striate, glabrous, brownish, old leafless nodes prominently raised;  twigs subterete, bluntly angled, striate, densely pilose.  Leaves elliptic, 10-15 x 7-8.5 mm, rounded at both ends, margin thickened, glabrous, weakly nerved with apparently 3-4 nerves per side, midrib weakly impressed through proximal half otherwise plane above and weakly raised but obscure beneath, lateral veins obscure on both surfacs;  petiole subterete, conspicuously broadly channelled above rugose 1-3 mm long and 0.5-1.4 mm diam., pilose, glabrate.  Inflorescence composed of a single flower enveloped by a series of glabrous, marginally glandular-fimbriate bracts attached to a short peduncle 0.5-1.5 mm long;  rachis none;  the first series of inflorescence (sterile) bracts ovate to ca. 3 mm long and 4 mm broad, the next 7-10 bracts (floral bracts) oblong, 8-15 x 7 mm;  pedicel ca. 0.5 mm long;  bracteoles more or less basal, oblong, ca. 1.5 x 0.5 mm, glabrous, marginally glandular-fimbriate.  Flowers:  calyx glabrous, ca. 4.3 mm long;  hypanthium obconic or campanulate, rugose, ca. 1.5-2 mm long;  limb campanulate or erecto-patent, ca. 2.5-2.8 mm long;  lobes triangular, acute, ca. 1.2 mm long, marginally densely glandular-fimbriate with the fimbriae laterally fusing;  sinuses narrowly obtuse;  corolla cylindric, slightly zygomorphic, ca. 20 mm long and 4-5 mm diam., seemingly membranaceous the proximal half and coriaceous the distal half, red but distally  yellow (fide label data), lobes oblong, obtuse, ca. 2 mm long;  stamens ca. 16 mm long;  filaments pilose ventrally but the long filaments also bearing few hairs on dorsal surface, alternatley ca. 1.5 m and 2.5 mm long;  anthers subequal, 14-15 mm long;  thecae 3-4 mm long;  style subequal to corolla.  Berry not seen.

    Distribution (Map).  Endemic to Colombia and known only from the type collections, the exact location of which I am uncertain, in the shrub zone below Páramo de Chaquiro, at elevations of 2800-3100 m.  Flowering in February.  Rare and endangered.