TFRI assistant research fellow Lu Sheng-you, who has spent many years working on the detailed taxonomy of rhododendrons, calls them some of the "livelier" members of the plant kingdom.
林試所助理研究員呂勝由，消磨許多青春歲月仔細分類杜鵑花，他認為杜鵑是植物中比較「活躍」的物種。