Epiphytic shrub;  stem thin, elongate, terete, glabrous;  twigs short-puberulent.  Leaves subcoriaceous, rounded-elliptic or broadly subovate-elliptic, (1.5-)2.8-3.7 x 2.3-3 cm, base rounded or slightly cordate, apex rounded or nearly so, margin entire;  obscurely 3-5-plinerved from the base, midrib and lateral nerves slightly raised beneath, reticulate veinlets obscure;  petiole ca. 2 mm long.  Inflorescence axillary, solitary;  floral bract not seen;  pedicel terete, striate, 5-9 mm long, glabrous;  bracteoles nearly basal or located just below the middle of the pedicel, aristate, ca. 0.3 mm long.  Flowers 4-merous, with calyx densely grayish pilose;  hypanthium subglobose, abruptly contracted at apex, ca. 2 mm diam.;  limb campanulate;  lobes deltate, acute, ca. 0.4 mm long;  sinuses rounded;  corolla membranous, subcylindric, somewhat inflated at the middle, 3-3.5 mm long and ca. 1.5 mm diam., short-pubescent, "rosaceous,";  stamens 4, ca. 2.8 mm long;  filaments ca. 1.6 mm long, subglabrous;  anthers ca. 1.2 mm long;  thecae smooth, ca. 0.6 mm long;  tubules ca. 0.6 mm long;  style filiform, ca. 3 mm long, glabrous.  Berry spherical, ca. 3.5 mm diam., pilose.

     Distribution.  Costa Rica, Colombia, Ecuador, and Guyana;  rainforest and cloud forest at 150-900 m altitude.

     Uses:  Cultivated at NY.