Building a pond for lotus plants or water lilies would be just too extravagant. Students of botany have just gone ahead to explore how to raise lotus plants without the space needed for ponds. This is necessary because "trying to take care of a muddy pond would be too troublesome for the average household," said one student at the presentation of an MA thesis in horticulture at National Taiwan University.
要鑿池種荷、種睡蓮，過於「奢侈」，為因應「無土、無水」時代來臨，園藝系學生索性討論如何克服無水、無土種植蓮花，因為「泥土管理對一般家庭太不方便了」，台大園藝系一次碩士論文發表會場上學生如此說。