Since the COA's Tainan District Agricultural Research and Extension Station developed a preservative spray that greatly extends flamingo lilies '" vase life, "growers have also been able to send them to Japan by sea, which takes four days, reducing their shipping costs from NT $ 10 per stem to just NT $ 6 per stem. This has proved a boon to growers, who have seen exponential increases in their export volume.
而自從農委會台南農改場開發出噴施於火鶴苞片上的保鮮劑，大大延長切花瓶插的壽命後，火鶴可改以集貨海運（快船 4 天）外銷日本，運輸成本從一支 10 元降到 6 元，對業者而言更是如虎添翼，外銷量也以倍數飆升。