Ali knock most of the cherry blossoms to the ground, leaving the few still on the branches looking somewhat forlorn. But under several tall cherries in front of the old Mt. Ali forestry station, a slope is covered with the pink and purple flowers of the Taiwan pleione (Pleione formosana), their slightly raised "lips" glistening with a sprinkling of morning rain.
春假後，阿里山連下幾場大雨，抖落滿地花瓣，枝頭春意略顯蕭條，唯林務局舊阿里山工作站前，幾棵高大櫻花樹下，開滿了一朵朵粉紅、紫紅的一葉蘭，倚著斜坡輕啟唇瓣，微沾朝雨。