Taxonomy

Division:

Magnoliophyta | - Flowering plants

Family:

Orchidaceae

Genus:

Nervilia

Species:

Nervilia petraea

Growth Characteristics

Growth Habit:

Geophyte

Native Range

East Tropical Africa: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, South Tropical Africa: Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, West Tropical Africa: Benin, Burkina, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, West-Central Tropical Africa: Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, DR Congo, Gabon, Western Indian Ocean: Madagascar, Réunion