The artificially grown pleiones that appeared on the market in the early 1980s fared little better. In the subtropical lowlands of Taiwan, once the flowers had faded, if the plants were not taken back into the mountains then the following year their pseudobulbs would gradually wither and die. Thus on flower markets today you can see orchids of every description on offer, but rarely will you find a pleione among them.
民國七十年後，人工栽培的一葉蘭上市，花兒依然「本性」難改，在亞熱帶台灣平地，過了開花時節，若不將一葉蘭送回山上，第二年假球莖即逐漸萎縮枯死，因此花市裡，只見各色蘭花花枝招展，卻難尋一葉蘭芳蹤。