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Major makeover at Kew's Palm House: moving over 1,300 rare tropical plants

邱园棕榈温室启动大规模翻修：1300 多株珍稀热带植物大迁移

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Rebecca Morelle, BBC correspondent
"This is the world-famous Palm House at Kew Gardens. It's more than 175 years old, and it's about to undergo a makeover on a massive scale. What happens to all of these plants here? There's more than 1,300 of them."

瑞贝卡·莫瑞尔 BBC 通讯员
“这里是世界闻名的邱园棕榈温室（Palm House）。这座温室已有超过 175 年的历史，如今即将迎来一次大规模翻修。温室里的这些植物将去向何方呢？这里生长着 1300 多株植物。”

This marvel of Victorian engineering is home to a tropical treasure trove, but it's posing a horticultural headache.

这座维多利亚时代工程技术的杰作，也是众多珍稀热带植物的宝库，如今却给园艺专家们带来了棘手的园艺难题。

Rebecca Morelle, BBC correspondent
“Every pane of glass needs to be removed and replaced, and the rusting metalwork treated and repainted. But to do that, all of these plants need to be taken out.”

瑞贝卡·莫瑞尔 BBC 通讯员
“温室的每一块玻璃都需要拆除更换，已经生锈的金属结构也要经过除锈和重新喷漆处理。但要完成这些工程，就必须先把这里的所有植物搬出去。”

Tom Pickering, Head of Glasshouse, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
"It's a really daunting task emptying the collections from the Palm House. Some of them are historically really significant some are actually older than the glass house itself, while other plants are really important conservation species."

汤姆·皮克林英国皇家植物园邱园温室负责人
“将棕榈温室里的植物全部迁出是一项极其艰巨的任务。其中一些植物具有非常重要的历史价值，甚至比这座玻璃温室本身的历史还要悠久；而另一些则是具有重要保护价值的物种。”

With the plants potted, it's taken on a short journey to its new home.

这些植物被移入花盆后，便踏上了一段前往新 “家” 的短途旅程。

Rebecca Morelle, BBC correspondent
“This is the temporary glass house where all of the larger species are being stored, and it's where they'll stay for at least the next three years while the work here is being done.”

瑞贝卡·莫瑞尔 BBC 通讯员
“这里是一座临时温室，所有体型较大的植物目前都被安置在这里。在翻修工程进行期间，它们将在这里度过至少三年时间。”

It's a carefully controlled environment. Plants need to stay healthy but not grow too big.

这里的环境受到严格控制。工作人员既要确保植物保持健康生长，又不能让它们长得过于高大。

Rebecca Morelle, BBC correspondent
“We've come behind the scenes to the propagation glass house where the team are growing backups of all the plants, in case any of them don't survive the move, there's a botanical plan B.”

瑞贝卡·莫瑞尔 BBC 通讯员
“我们来到了一处平时不对外开放的育苗温室。这里的工作人员正在为棕榈温室里的所有植物培育备份植株。一旦有植物在搬迁过程中无法存活，植物学家们还有备用方案。”

The extinct Myanmar tree is just one of more than 1,000 plants to deal with. It's a huge task, and some of the species are proving a real challenge.

这种在野外已经灭绝的缅甸树种，只是这一千多种待迁移植物中的一种。整个任务规模庞大，而其中一些植物给团队带来了不小的挑战。

Anja Seymour, Botanical horticulturist, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
"This is ebony, which is a hardwood tropical species. Typically you would propagate it through seed, but unfortunately our specimen doesn't ever flower and then fruit. We've done over 100 cuttings of this one individual, and all but this one haven't succeeded. So this is our little success story. "

安雅·西摩英国皇家植物园邱园园艺师
“这是乌木，一种热带硬木树种。通常情况下，人们会通过种子来繁殖它，但遗憾的是，我们收藏的这株乌木从未开花结果。我们曾从这棵树上剪取了100多份插穗进行扦插繁殖，但除了眼前这一株，其余都没有成功。所以，它算得上是我们的一个小小成功案例。”

Rebecca Morelle, BBC correspondent
“It's already starting to look pretty sparse in here, but the pressure really is on because in the next six months, everything that's left is going to have to be removed. And not long after that, the work will begin to restore this Palm House to its former glory.”

瑞贝卡·莫瑞尔 BBC 通讯员
“这里看起来已经空旷了不少，但这个任务仍充满压力和挑战。因为在接下来的六个月里，必须把剩余的所有植物全部搬出去。在那之后不久，棕榈温室的修复工程就将启动，让这座历史建筑重现昔日风采。”