Very little has been published about this taxon. Engler (1882) gives the distrubtion as Brazil (Province of Para) and Dutch Guiana (now Surinam), and it has been collected in Ecuador (personal communications, Dewey Fisk). The plant in the greenhouse usually holds two leaves. The blades of the leaves have irreguar pink spots on a deep reddish-green background. When the leaves first expand, the deep red is the more predominant color.