"The only aquatic plants anyone pays any attention to," laments Yen, "are the few that are commercially valuable, such as the calla lily." Most others go completely ignored, though their status can change suddenly if people start using them in aquariums, for example.
「只有極少數像水芋這種商品化、進入家庭的『水邊植物』才有人注意」，顏聖紘感嘆，許多水生植物在野外無人搭理，進了水族箱卻身價百倍。