Once seen all over Taiwan at medium elevations, today pleiones only survive at a few scattered mountain locations. But at least at Mt. Ali, thanks to past human activities, they are still able to hold their own against the flowering cherries and rhododendrons in the spring flowering season.
所幸一葉蘭雖由過去分佈全省中海拔，到如今只剩少數山區零星可遇，阿里山卻因為人類的無心插柳，一葉蘭尚能與櫻花、杜鵑爭春。