Not counting the incubation period of about a year and a half, most Phalaenopsis varieties require one to one-and-a-half years between the time a seedling is removed from its sterile culture bottle until the time it blooms. But the Pixie only needs six months for this.
撇開一年半左右的育種期不論，一般蝴蝶蘭品種在幼苗移出無菌培養瓶後，還要一到一年半左右才能抽梗開花，台農 1 號小精靈卻只需半年就能抽梗開花。