Nervilia simplex

Nervilia simplex (Spreng.) Schltr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 45(3): 401 (1911).

Nervilia simplex (Spreng.) Schltr., Photo by Kurt Keller

its native range is Tropical & Subtropical Old World to SW. Pacific.

Latin Name: 

Nervilia simplex (Spreng.) Schltr.

Family: 

Orchidaceae Juss.

Synonym:

Aplostellis simplex Thouars

Arethusa simplex Thouars

Bolborchis crociformis Zoll. & Moritzi

Coelogyne javanica Lindl.

Epidendrum simplex (Thouars) Spreng.

Nervilia bathiei Senghas

Nervilia bollei (Rchb.f.) Schltr.

Nervilia crispata (Blume) Schltr. ex K.Schum. & Lauterb.

Nervilia crociformis (Zoll. & Moritzi) Seidenf.

Nervilia erosa P.J.Cribb

Nervilia fimbriata Schltr.

Nervilia francoisii H.Perrier

Nervilia humilis Schltr.

Nervilia monantha Blatt. & McCann

Nervilia prainiana (King & Pantl.) Seidenf.

Nervilia reniformis Schltr.

Pogonia bollei Rchb.f.

Pogonia crispata Blume

Pogonia prainiana King & Pantl.

Pogonia simplex (Thouars) Rchb.f.

Pogonia thouarsii Blume

English Name:

The Trembling Nervilia.

Australia name: 

The Round Sheild Orchid.

Chinese name:

Bai Mai Yu Lan.

Description: 

With circular to kidney-shaped; to 7 blunt angled, shortly pubescent above, grooved petiolate base leaf that blooms in the spring on an erect, 3.5 cm long, single flowered inflorescence with 2 basal sheaths and linear, concave, acute floral bracts.

Distribution:

Assam, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Congo, East Himalaya, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, Laos, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Mozambique, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Philippines, Queensland, Réunion, Samoa, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sumatera, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Vanuatu, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe.

Ecological:

In grasslands at elevations of sealevel to 1500 m as a small sized, hot to cool growing terrestrial.

Flowering times:

Blooms in the spring.

Flower size:

3.8 cm.

Cultivation:

It needs humid conditions and a dry winter rest when the leaf dies. It can tolerate hot to cold weather.

Typus:

Sep 6, 2000 Pantling, R. [372], Sikkim Nervilia crociformis K000387602 Unknown type material

Jan 1, 1991 Stolz, A. [1791], Tanzania Nervilia crociformis K000306638 lectotype

Jan 1, 1991 Williamson [s.n.], Zambia Nervilia crociformis K000306637 holotype

Reference: 

- theplantlist.org

- https://www.ipni.org/n/645536-1

- http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:645536-1

- http://www.orchidspecies.com/nervpetraea.htm. 

- https://orchids.fandom.com