Pan Fu-jiunn, director of the Taiwan Forestry Research Institute's Division of Biology, muses that the sea of rhododendron flowers on Mt. Hehuan must be the result of a fairy accidentally spilling rhododendron seeds from her brocaded bag, thus making a gift to humanity of this beautiful scene.
林試所生物系主任潘富俊說，合歡山上的杜鵑花海，應是仙女匆忙間，將盛放杜鵑種子的錦囊傾倒了，才無意中為人間鋪陳了這一片美景。