Name: 真實、奇幻的植物圖鑑王國｜尼魯帕-拉奧 (An illustrated kingdom of real, fantastical plants | Nirupa Rao)
Uploaded: 2020-10-28T18:12:29.000Z
Duration: 8 min 55 s

take a minute to take a look at the sea of cars around you.

How many car companies do you think you could recognize?

to the trees that line the side of the road.

we grow further and further away from nature

What experience of nature will the next generation have?

下一代人將擁有怎樣的自然體驗？

And if that generation lacks a sort of emotional connection

如果這一代人缺乏一種情感上的聯繫

then will they bother to fight and save it

My name is Nirupa Rao, and I'm a botanical artist.

我叫Nirupa Rao，是一名植物學家。

in a way that aims to be not only aesthetically appealing

不僅要有美感，而且要有吸引力

And I'm well aware that this is quite an odd profession

我很清楚這是個很奇怪的職業。

some might say outdated in the age of the camera --

I met two naturalists who work with the Nature Conservation Foundation:

我認識了兩位在自然保護基金會工作的自然學家。

they actually began their careers working with animals,

他們實際上開始了他們的職業生涯 與動物工作。

that if they were to protect those animals,

they'd also have to protect their habitats --

它們也必須保護自己的棲息地 --

And so they started a rainforest restoration program

於是他們開始了一個雨林恢復計劃。

aimed at growing local trees that local birds and animals rely on.

旨在種植當地鳥類和動物賴以生存的樹木；

And they were looking to visually document them in some way,

而他們希望以某種方式直觀地記錄它們。

but the photographers they approached came up empty-handed.

但他們接觸的攝影師卻空手而歸。

Try capturing giants like that in a single camera frame.

試著在一個鏡頭畫面中捕捉這樣的巨人。

Besides, the surrounding greenery was just too dense

And so together, we decided to give good old painting a shot.

於是，我們一起決定給好老畫一個機會。

even when I was standing there right in front of them,

So instead I'd study the buttress up close

所以我就近距離的研究一下這塊地的情況

and then climb up the hill to see its crown rising above the canopy.

然後爬上山頭，看它的樹冠升到樹冠之上。

And then with Divya, and she there as aide,

然後和迪芙婭在一起，她在那裡當助手。

we could piece these pieces of the puzzle together

For a lot of people who don't know the jungles

對於很多不瞭解江湖的人來說。

these paintings are the only way that they'll get to see these trees

這些畫是唯一的方式，他們會得到看到這些樹。

We were able to document 30 of the region's most iconic species

我們記錄了該地區30種最有代表性的物種。

along with their fruit, flowers, seeds and leaves.

以及它們的果實、花朵、種子和葉子。

They morphed from this undifferentiated sea of green

它們從這無差別的綠色海洋中蛻變出來。

into individual species with individual characters.

變成具有獨立字元的單個物種。

And I think a lot of people just tend to see plants as background scenery,

而我覺得很多人只是傾向於把植物看成背景風景。

assuming that their immobility makes them uninteresting.

假設他們的不動聲色使他們無趣。

But I began to see that it is that very rootedness that makes them fascinating,

但我開始發現，正是因為這種根深蒂固，才讓他們變得迷人。

the ingenious ways in which they adapt and respond

on timescales that make our heads hurt to imagine.

在時間尺度上，讓我們頭疼的想象。

Perhaps we'd all start to think of plants a little differently.

也許我們都會開始對植物有一些不同的看法。

And in fact, in my family, plants have always been a source of fascination.

而事實上，在我的家族中，植物一直是我的魅力所在。

我的叔祖父，塞西爾-薩爾丹哈神父。

was the first to document the flora of our home state of Karnataka

是第一個記錄我們家鄉卡納塔克邦的植物群的人

of being a little girl watching this entire enterprise unfold.

作為一個小女孩，看著這整個企業的發展。

I've come to associate plants with adventure and discovery

我把植物與冒險和發現聯繫在一起。

And so I knew I didn't just want to paint roses and sunflowers.

所以我知道我不只是想畫玫瑰和向日葵。

I wanted to paint the kinds of plants that botanists like my uncle work with.

我想畫出像我叔叔這樣的植物學家所研究的那種植物。

supported by the National Geographic Society,

on the weirdest, wackiest plants we could find

在我們能找到的最奇怪、最古怪的植物上。

in one of the most biodiverse regions in the world:

在世界生物多樣性最豐富的地區之一。

Take a look at these fantastic jewel-like sundews.

來看看這些神奇的寶石般的蘇迪曼。

They grow in regions where nutrient content in the soil is poor,

它們生長在土壤中營養成分較差的地區。

and so they have a little way of supplementing their diets.

於是他們有了一點補充飲食的方法。

They lure, trap and ingest insects using mucilaginous glands on their leaves.

它們利用葉子上的粘液腺引誘、誘捕和攝食昆蟲。

The little insects are attracted to the sweet secretions,

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