Ecuador, Zamora-Chinchipe, Nangaritza, Cordillera de Nanguipa. Cerro Colorado. About 8 km by air SSE of Nambija, 20 km ESE of Zamora. Montane forest and dense shrubby vegetation on exposed ridges. Quartz rock substrate.
-4.12472 -78.77361
04 07 29'S 078 46 25'W
2700 meters (8856ft)
Terrestrial fern. Fronds clinging to ground. Growing in open, paramo vegetation on highest summits.