斯蒂芬·麦克凯布老先生，是我的偶像，国际上顶尖仙女杯收藏家，研究学者，近几年一直在为保护野生仙女杯而奔波。
如果能从实生或者种子获得的仙女杯品种，建议尽量不要购买野生仙女杯，没有买卖就没有杀害。前段时间韩国盗挖团队遇到了墨西哥黑帮的盗挖团队，为了挖拇指，两帮人展开枪战，韩国人3人死亡，剩下被俘虏，加州出动特警将韩国人救出。

Dudleya species often exhibit considerable phenotypic plasticity resulting from the variability of climatic conditions, soil, and exposure that often alters, sometimes quite dramatically, the appearance of the same plant from year to year. （仙女杯属植物通常随着气候条件、土壤和光照的改变而表现出不同的表型特征，这些特征会非常显著地年复一年的出现）Although morphological measurements taken from the field are important to accurately identify many plants（虽然野外原生的形态特征的测量数据对一些植物的准确识别非常重要）, field measurements from succulent plants like Dudleya often have proven to be unreliable（但是像仙女杯属植物的野外原生的植株的形态特征测量数据被证明是不可靠的）. Therefore, the interpretation of each taxon discussed here will rely heavily on data obtained from cultivated plants in an effort to reduce variability in certain morphological characters（因此，为避免同一种某些形态性状描述的不确定性，这里对植物每一个特征的说明，都是从植物栽培种获得的相关数据，） (e.g., leaf size and shape, floral stem length, inflorescence shape, pedicel length, etc.) （例如：叶片大小与形状、花茎长度、花序形状、花梗长度等）that are used in determining taxa（这些特征用于确定植物的种类）. This approach makes it possible to evaluate under a uniform and stable environment those characters that apparently are controlled genetically.（这种方法可以在相同而稳定的环境条件下评估那些明显受遗传控制的性状。
读懂这些内容，你就会了解仙女杯为什么是深坑，为什么会品种难分辨，为什么买回来被打脸

希望大家能学到点什么。