The difference between commercial and amateur cultivation is not only in the sales price of the orchids, but also in the angle from which the flower is appreciated. One potted rare orchid can fetch hundreds of thousands of NT dollars in the market, but a pot of moth orchids that one picks up in a trip round the flower market costs only about NT $ 250.
企業化生產和業餘者當作興趣栽培，相差的不僅在蘭花出售的價格，還在於對蘭花的欣賞角度各不相同。一盆能「牽金線」的國蘭，因為品種稀有，在蘭市的價碼可以高達數十萬到上千萬，而走一趟花市一盆蝴蝶蘭只要二百五十元，其間差異豈只萬倍。