Steveniella satiriovidnaya

Family Orchidaceae. Steveniella is a monotypic genus. The name was given in honor of the researcher of the flora of Crimea and the Caucasus, Steven. It grows in forests, in shrub thickets, on grassy slopes, on limestone soil. It is found in Crimea and the Caucasus, in Asia Minor, Iran.

A plant with an ellipsoid tuber up to 2 cm long. Stem 22–40 cm tall, slightly above the base with a single lanceolate leaf 6–14 cm long. Inflorescence erect, rather dense, up to 13 cm long, of 7–20 flowers, with whitish short bracts. The outer perianth segments are fused into an ovate hood with a three-toothed apex, green, partly brown-reddish, up to 1 cm long. Two inner segments are small, narrow-linear, up to 4 mm long. Lip up to 8 mm long, three-lobed, brownish-green, red-brown at the base, above with very small papillae, with the middle lobe up to 4.5 mm long, spur up to 2 mm long, bifid at the tip. Ovary sessile, slightly twisted.

Flowers in April–May.

Grows as solitary specimens or in very small groups (rarely up to 10–20 individuals). Reproduces by seeds, but due to a lack of insects pollinating this species, fruiting is poor. A very rare species.