But never mind the enormous difficulties involved with breaking genetic codes; the traditional hybridization employed by most modern breeders-a long road on which one "encounters rather than seeks" -is indeed quite tough enough. Take, for instance, moth orchids.
撇開破解基因密碼工作的浩瀚不論，就連目前花卉育種家最常使用的傳統雜交或誘變方法，育種仍是一條「可遇不可求」的漫漫長路。