It is a rare epiphtic herb endemic to Veracruz and Oaxaca, Mexico[2][1] and is known only from primary cloud forests, usually growing on limbs of oaks or sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua).

[3] Plants grow from 0.75–1.25 m (2–4 ft)[3] tall off a forked rhizome with evenly scattered roots.

Leaf blades are hairless, shiny, egg- to lance-shaped with pointed tips and rounded bases and with flat (not undulating) edges.

It is composed of a main axis that arches upwards and is straight, stiff, 10–20 cm long, green, smooth and of uniform width.

[4] It is known only from primary cloud forests, usually growing on limbs of oaks or sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua)[3] at 1300 to 2600 m.[4]