Pendent, epiphytic shrub;  stem subterete, bluntly angled, striate, moderately short-hirsute, glabrate, also provided with few, scattered, globular glands ca. 0.2-0.3 mm diam.;  twigs subterete, complanate, sparsely hirsute with white hairs 0.7-0.9 mm long.  Leaves coriaceous, stiff, lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, 8-18 x 1.2-3.5 cm, base cuneate or obtuse, apex gradually acuminate, glabrous above, very sparsely hirsute along midnerve beneath, glabrate, also with few, minute, globular glands (0.1-0.2 mm diam.) along the margin and onto the lamina above;  conspicuously 3(-5)-plinerved, midrib and inner pair of lateral nerves strongly impressed and conspicuous above, raised and conspicuous beneath, reticulate veinlets slightly impressed on both surfaces;  petiole subterete, rugose, 4-6(-7) mm long and 1.2-2 mm diam., sparsely short-hirsute, glabrate.  Inflorescence racemose, ca. 14 flowered;  rachis subterete, striate, ribbed, ca. 10-11 cm long and 1.2-2 mm diam., moderately hirsute, also bearing few, globular, sessile glands along the length;  floral bract oblong or oblong-obovate, 17-21 x 5-8 mm, base narrowed and obtuse, apex obtuse or acute, margin ciliolate and also bearing few, tiny, sessile, globular glands on margin and dorsal surface of lamina, pinkish-lilac;  pedicel striate, rugose, 11-14 mm long and ca. 1 mm diam., densely hirsute, also with few, scattered, globular glands;  bracteoles basal, striate, oblong-ovate, 4-6 x 1.5-3 mm, marginally ciliolate, also bearing along margin few, sessile, globular glands and the tip callose glandular.  Flowers with calyx ca. 9 mm long;  hypanthium ca. 2 mm long and 2.5-3 mm diam., moderately hirsute, the base apophysate, moderately undulate, and bearing few, globular or disc-shaped glands, pink;  limb spreading campanulate, ca. 7 mm long including the lobes, hirsute proximally, pink;  lobes triangular, ca. 2 x 1.8-2 mm, erect after anthesis, each margin provided with an oblong to crescent-shaped callose gland, these contiguous at the apex;  sinuses acute to obtuse;  corolla lilac (fide label).  Berry not seen.

    Distribution.  Endemic to Costa Rica (Limón Prov.) and known only from the type collection.  Rare and probably endangered.