Source: Xinhua News Agency
How much heavier is the world's largest seed than the smallest?
What plant blooms like a white pigeon spreading its wings?
What plant can live for a thousand years and have only two leaves in its lifetime?
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Want to answer these questions
Find out at the National Botanical Garden at the foot of Beijing's Fragrant Hills
National Botanic Gardens Plan. (Courtesy of The National Botanic Gardens)
National Botanical Gardens
It was officially unveiled on April 18
Don't look at it just "full moon" not long ago
There's a lot going on inside
The total planned area is nearly 600 hectares
More than 15,000 species of plants have been protected in situ
In addition to being able to answer the above questions
There are also many "rare visitors" in the National Botanic Gardens
There are many mysteries and stories behind them
22 May is the International Day for Biological Diversity
Let's take a look
The National Botanical Garden (North Garden) is in full bloom. (Courtesy of The National Botanic Gardens)
It's early summer
The National Botanical Gardens are colourful
Peony, Moon Season, Hedgehog, Zhuge Cai...
Plants of different shades are diverse
There are also 6 national flower germplasm resource banks such as peonies and water lilies
Two endemic rare plants on the national botanic garden logo
They are Ginkgo biloba and Metasequoia
They are the "living fossils" of the plant kingdom.
There are a large number of conservation plants in the north and south gardens of the National Botanical Garden
Seeds of sea coconut (left) with seeds of the orchid with spotted leaves. (Courtesy of The National Botanic Gardens)
Inside the National Botanical Garden Science Museum
The world's largest seeds are displayed side by side with the smallest seeds
The seeds of sea coconuts can weigh up to about 25 kilograms
The seeds of the orchid are so small that they need to be seen with the help of a microscope
It is estimated that the seeds of 100 million zebra orchids weigh only 50 grams
How many times the difference between the two is?
The tung tree in the National Botanical Gardens. (Courtesy of The National Botanic Gardens)
Known as the "Chinese pigeon tree", it is known as the "Chinese pigeon tree"
It is a rare and valuable ornamental plant unique to the mainland
The inflorescence is round like a bird's head, and the bracts are as white as wings, like a white pigeon spreading its wings
Chitose orchid in the National Botanical Garden. (Courtesy of The National Botanic Gardens)
Chitose orchid has only two leaves in its lifetime
The general age is more than a few hundred years
Chitose orchid in the exhibition greenhouse of the North Garden of the National Botanical Garden
It is one of the three "treasures of the town garden" of the National Botanical Garden
Staff sorting out plant specimens. (Courtesy of The National Botanic Gardens)
Step inside Asia's largest herbarium in South Park
Rows of neatly arranged "filing cabinets" store plants' "identity" information
There are 2.87 million specimens of mosses, ferns and gymnosperms
It presents the evolution and diversity of plants
Wild Three Seven Specimens. (Courtesy of The National Botanic Gardens)
Man-made over-mining, invasion of alien species, natural disasters, etc
They are all important causes of the endangerment of species
These plant specimens are a constant reminder to humans
Love the environment and cherish every life on earth
National Botanic Gardens South Park Exhibition Greenhouse. (Courtesy of The National Botanic Gardens)
National Botanic Gardens South Park Exhibition Greenhouse
Collect and display more than 2,000 species of tropical and subtropical plants (including cultivated varieties)
There are red-skinned baobab trees, what a beautiful deerhorn fern and so on
Rare plants collected from foreign imports
Plants are a core component of global biodiversity and ecosystems
It is the basis for the survival and development of mankind
China is one of the countries with the richest plant diversity in the world
There are more than 37,000 known species of higher plants
About one-tenth of the world
Visitors take photos inside the National Botanical Gardens. (Courtesy of The National Botanic Gardens)
Since the official unveiling
The National Botanical Gardens attract many tourists to get to know and learn about the plants
Over here
People read the history of plant evolution
Listen to the stories of plants "telling"
Explore the development path of harmonious coexistence between man and nature
Reporters: Li Dexin, Yang Shujun