Nervilia fordii is mostly born in limestone sparse forests, and can be found in cracks, rocks, grass and wet humus on the sunny slope on the back. It is adaptable to all kinds of soils, but the soil with pH 6 ~ 8 is more suitable. Generally, dry land, barren hills, paddy fields, dry fields and garden gaps can be planted, but heavy clay is not suitable for planting.

Nervilia fordii likes to live in a climate with long summer and short winter, rainy spring and summer and dry autumn and winter. Overwintering dormant bulbs generally germinate in early April, unearthed from the end of April to the first half of May (large bulbs bolting first and then flowering), grow leaves from May to September, and the leaves wither and fall off from mid-September to early June 10. The whole growth period is only about 180 days (half a year), and the rest of the time is dormant.