Taxonomy

Division:

Magnoliophyta | - Flowering plants

Family:

Orchidaceae

Genus:

Nervilia

Species:

Nervilia simplex

Growth Characteristics

Growth Habit:

Geophyte

Native Range

East Tropical Africa: Kenya, Tanzania, Macaronesia: Cape Verde, Northeast Tropical Africa: Ethiopia, South Tropical Africa: Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zi, West Tropical Africa: Benin, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo, West-Central Tropical Africa: Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, DR Congo, Gulf of Guinea Is.