Orchid Fables, Part One: Savoring the Profound Lessons in the Stories
Yuesha Yi Hybrid Orchid Company selected some orchids of excellent appearance and took them to a master for appraisal. The master glanced at them. "Hybrids, right?" "Yes," said the hybrid company. "Hybrids are just like that, neither fish nor fowl," said the master! After hearing this, the hybrid company felt very forlorn, so it planted those varieties back in the mountains...
Author: Yuesha
A few years later, the master went to this mountain and discovered an orchid of excellent appearance. He immediately kept it hidden away, carefully cultivated it, took it to an orchid show and won the Grand Gold Award, and this flower was afterward promoted far and wide!
The hybrid company never again sought any master's appraisal. Every year it used the new varieties produced by hybridization to pay homage to the deep mountains, and its profits were quite plentiful!