But Cheirostylis rubrifolius wasn't the only victim of Typhoon Morakot's blow against Taiwan's ecosystem: the fate of another species, the fern Adiantum meishanianum, hangs in the balance.
然而莫拉克颱風對台灣生態的浩劫，「紅衣指柱蘭」並不是唯一個案，另一種「梅山鐵線蕨」的命運更是曲折。