Friendship

Inscription by artist:

天生獨鍥篁蘭枝
特性相同伴最宜
若與時情存色賽
丹青足道耑名為

The birth of bamboo and orchids, an endowment from nature
Having the same evergreen and cold resisting feature
Some people might think they were competing with each other
But jointly painted each repute and friendship strong as ever