Epiphyte;  stem terete to subterete, smooth, puberulent, 3-4 mm diam., brown or reddish-brown when dry;  twigs subterete, coarsely angled, densely short-pilose with tan or reddish hairs;  bark exfoliating into thin, rectangular strips.  Leaves coriaceous, probably succulent when fresh, ovate, 1.5-3 x 0.8-1.5 cm, base rounded, apex acute or obtuse, margin not especially thickened when dry, nitid beneath, glabrous on both surfaces but with scattered glandular fimbriae beneath;  5-plinerved from the base, midrib, lateral nerves and reticulate veinlets all slightly raised on both surfaces;  petiole terete, rugose, 1-2 mm long and ca. 1 mm diam., puberulent, glabrate.  Inflorescence axillary, the flowers solitary or apparently up to 3 in a fascicle;  rachis none;  floral bract linear-subulate, less than 1 mm long, marginally glandular-fimbriate;  pedicel terete, striate, 15-18 mm long, pilose with white hairs to 1.5 mm long; bracteoles nearly basal, subopposite, similar to floral bract.  Flowers with calyx ca. 5-6 mm long, densely pilose with white hairs;  hypanthium obconic to hemispheric, possibly bluntly 5-angled, 1-3.5 mm long and 1.5-3 mm diam.;  limb erect or spreading, dissected nearly to base, 2.5-3 mm long;  lobes linear-subulate, 2-2.5 mm long;  sinuses obtuse;  corolla cylindric, ca. 26 mm long and 3 mm diam., short-pilose, red (fide label data), the lobes spreading at anthesis, ovate-lanceolate, ca. 3.5 mm long;  stamen 25-26 mm long;  filaments distinct, 5-5.5 mm long, glabrous;  anthers 21-22 mm long;  thecae smooth, 3-3.5 mm long;  tubules 18-18.5 mm long, the tips acute with obliquely terminal, non-flaring pores;  style terete, ca. 27 mm long;  nectariferous disc annular, not elevated, inconspicuous, glabrous.  Berry not seen.

     Distribution.  Endemic to Ecuador and known only from the type collection from 2000 m altitude.  Rare and endangered.