It is found in the Cape Verde Islands, much of tropical Africa and part of the Arabian Peninsula.

It is a terrestrial orchid that can grow to a metre or so tall, and is found in lowland and upland woods and scrubland.

They are showy, with a pinkish-purple lip, whitish base and spur and purplish-brown sepals and petals.

[1] [2] Eulophia guineensis is native to the Cape Verde Islands, Benin, Burkino Faso, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo, Burundi, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Rwanda, Zaire, Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Angola, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Oman, Saudi Arabia and Yemen.

Its typical habitat is woodland or scrub, at altitudes ranging from 600 to 2,000 m (2,000 to 6,600 ft), in shade or semi-shade on poor rocky soils.