Nervilia petraea (Afzel. ex Sw.) Summerh. 1945 Drawing by © Thouars and Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria

Common Name The Rock Loving Nervilia

Flower Size

Found in Benin, Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Nigeria, Guinea, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Zaire, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Madagascar and Mauritius in grasslands, deciduous forests, plantaions and coastal forests at elevations of sea level to 1500 meters as a miniature sized, hot to cool growing terrestrial with an erect stem without the prostrate leaf at anthesis that blooms in the spring on an erect, single flowered inflorescence

Synonyms Aplostellis ambigua A.Rich. 1828; Aplostellis simplex Thouars 1822; Aplostellis truncata Lindl. 1840; *Arethusa petraea Afzel. ex Sw. 1805; Arethusa simplex Thouars 1822; Epidendrum simplex (Thouars) Spreng. 1826; Nervilia afzelii Schltr. 1911; Nervilia afzelii var. grandiflora Summerh. 1936; Nervilia simplex (Thouars) Schltr. 1911; Pogonia simplex (Thouars) Rchb.f. 1865; Pogonia thouarsii Blume 1859; Stellorkis aplostellis Thouars 1822

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Historie Particulier des Plantes Orchidees Recueilles Sur Trois Iles Australes d'Afrique Thouars 1822 as Arethusa simplex drawing fide; The Orchids of South Central Africa Williamson 1977 drawing ok; Orchids of Madagascar, Hermans, Du Puy, Cribb and Bosser 2007

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