Type: Venezuela: State Aragua, Santos Michelena, close to town of La Esperanza, Alt.1200 m., N 10o10’44.74” - W 67o9’24.498”. Cloud forest. 13-05-2016. M. Asmuss 10 (holotype VEN, isotype U)
Etymology: This species is named after Matthias Asmuss from Caracas who is dedicated to Bromeliaceae from Venezuela and who collected this new species.