29/01/2026
I’m not sure if others feel the same way I do, but sometimes I truly feel that there is a kind of fate between us and certain plants. It’s as if that plant was meant for us, and it grows most beautifully when it stays with us.
There were times when I was lucky enough to buy or create a few plants that were not cuttings, just seed-grown plants. When I first bought them, they might have looked nice, but not like masterpieces. Yet over time, through cultivation, as they matured, their form and color developed far beyond my expectations.
When I take cuttings from these plants and sell them, once they go to different growers and environments, they often cannot fully express the same level of perfection as the mother plant growing in my garden. And there are also many times when I see other people’s plants looking amazing, so I intentionally buy cuttings from them. But no matter how much I try to adjust conditions, those plants still never become as outstanding as their mother plants in their original gardens.
Because of this, I feel that the journey of collecting and hybrid breeding for each person may carry a small element of what we call fate or luck. That said, I also want to emphasize one thing: when you stay in this journey long enough and remain persistent, the chances for luck to appear clearly become much higher.
