A new proposed species Coryanthes villegasiana is described. The taxon is most similar to the recently described Coryanthes maduroana Gerlach. This new taxon distinguishes from all the other species of the genus by the unique combination of the following characters: i) the presence of two or more protuberances in the mesochile, ii) a well developed red scent releasing tissue along the mesochile and basal portion of the hypochile, iii) a slightky erected round hypochile with its dorsal margin not touching the mesochile, iv) a semitubular almost free long mesochile.