Epiphytic shrub to 1 m;  mature branches coarsely and bluntly angled, glabrous, reddish-brown when dry;  immature branches and twigs of new growth terete to subterete, puberulent, grayish- to reddish-brown when dry;  epidermis thin, cracking longitudinally.  Leaves coriaceous, glabrous, ovate to pyriform, 1-2 x 0.5-1 cm, basally rounded or obtuse, apically bluntly obtuse, marginally crenate each tooth gland tipped;  obscurely 5-plinerved, only midrib prominent;  petioles subterete, 1.5-2.5 mm long, puberulent adaxially;  axillary buds with awl-shaped, stipule-like perulae 1.5-2 mm long.  Inflorescence axillary, flowers solitary;  pedicels terete, glabrous, ca. 1 mm long;  bracteoles ovate, acuminate, 1-2 mm long, marginally glandular-fimbriate, concealing pedicel.  Flowers with calyx puberulent, 5-7 mm long, 5-winged opposite the sinuses;  hypanthium nonapophysate, 2.5-4 mm long;  limb erecto-patent, sometimes striate, 2.5-3 mm long including the lobes;  lobes triangular, acute, 1.5-2 mm long;  sinuses rounded;  corolla tubular, terete, 26 mm long and 3-5 mm in diam., puberulent, bright red, the lobes triangular, obtuse, reflexed at anthesis, 2 mm long;  stamens subequal, 23-24 mm long;  filaments connate into a tube 6.5 mm long, glabrous;  anthers including tubules 18-19 mm long, dehiscing by oblique, terminal pores 1 mm long;  thecae ca. 3.5 mm long;  style exserted, glabrous, 24-27 mm long.  Berry not seen.

    Distribution.  Costa Rica and Panama.  Rare.