And orchids, a recurring theme in his art, are an indelible part of his childhood memories. He often saw wild orchids as a boy. When he and his buddies spotted them high up in towering trees, they would try to clamber up and pick them, but they often slipped and fell to the ground.
創作中重要主題之一的蘭花，就和兒時記憶緊緊相繫，小時候常在大自然中看到野生蘭花，有些長在極高的樹上，胡焱榮常和玩伴想盡辦法爬樹採蘭，也經常失足從樹上摔下。