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  • Meet Kerala's 'rainforest gardeners' creating a Noah's ark for endangered plants.
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    Meet Kerala's 'rainforest gardeners' creating a Noah's ark for endangered plants.
    Meet Kerala's 'rainforest gardeners' creating a Noah's ark for endangered plants.

    In one of the world's 'hottest hotspots' of biodiversity, an all-female team have turned a patch of forest into a haven for orchids, ferns, succulents and carnivorous plants.

    Suprabha Seshan, Managing director of GBS and restoration/outreach activities lead

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  • Meet Kerala's 'rainforest gardeners' creating a Noah's ark for endangered plants.
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    Meet Kerala's 'rainforest gardeners' creating a Noah's ark for endangered plants.
    Meet Kerala's 'rainforest gardeners' creating a Noah's ark for endangered plants.

    In one of the world's 'hottest hotspots' of biodiversity, an all-female team have turned a patch of forest into a haven for orchids, ferns, succulents and carnivorous plants.

    Impatiens jerdoniae thriving on a tree where Laly Joseph had first planted it few years ago

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  • Meet Kerala's 'rainforest gardeners' creating a Noah's ark for endangered plants.
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    Meet Kerala's 'rainforest gardeners' creating a Noah's ark for endangered plants.
    Meet Kerala's 'rainforest gardeners' creating a Noah's ark for endangered plants.

    In one of the world's 'hottest hotspots' of biodiversity, an all-female team have turned a patch of forest into a haven for orchids, ferns, succulents and carnivorous plants.

    Laly Joseph, transplanting a plant onto tree trunk

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  • Meet Kerala's 'rainforest gardeners' creating a Noah's ark for endangered plants.
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    Meet Kerala's 'rainforest gardeners' creating a Noah's ark for endangered plants.
    Meet Kerala's 'rainforest gardeners' creating a Noah's ark for endangered plants.

    In one of the world's 'hottest hotspots' of biodiversity, an all-female team have turned a patch of forest into a haven for orchids, ferns, succulents and carnivorous plants.

    The forest and landscape around Gurukula Botanical Sanctuary The primary vegetation in these parts is wet evergreen, medium elevation, rainforest.

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  • Meet Kerala's 'rainforest gardeners' creating a Noah's ark for endangered plants.
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    Meet Kerala's 'rainforest gardeners' creating a Noah's ark for endangered plants.
    Meet Kerala's 'rainforest gardeners' creating a Noah's ark for endangered plants.

    In one of the world's 'hottest hotspots' of biodiversity, an all-female team have turned a patch of forest into a haven for orchids, ferns, succulents and carnivorous plants.

    Impatiens plants transplanted onto a tree

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  • Meet Kerala's 'rainforest gardeners' creating a Noah's ark for endangered plants.
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    Meet Kerala's 'rainforest gardeners' creating a Noah's ark for endangered plants.
    Meet Kerala's 'rainforest gardeners' creating a Noah's ark for endangered plants.

    In one of the world's 'hottest hotspots' of biodiversity, an all-female team have turned a patch of forest into a haven for orchids, ferns, succulents and carnivorous plants.

    A giant exotic flowering plant from South China region. See the snail above the flower for size reference

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  • Meet Kerala's 'rainforest gardeners' creating a Noah's ark for endangered plants.
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    Meet Kerala's 'rainforest gardeners' creating a Noah's ark for endangered plants.
    Meet Kerala's 'rainforest gardeners' creating a Noah's ark for endangered plants.

    In one of the world's 'hottest hotspots' of biodiversity, an all-female team have turned a patch of forest into a haven for orchids, ferns, succulents and carnivorous plants.

    Tree ferns in abundance at the fern nursery area

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  • Meet Kerala's 'rainforest gardeners' creating a Noah's ark for endangered plants.
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    Meet Kerala's 'rainforest gardeners' creating a Noah's ark for endangered plants.
    Meet Kerala's 'rainforest gardeners' creating a Noah's ark for endangered plants.

    In one of the world's 'hottest hotspots' of biodiversity, an all-female team have turned a patch of forest into a haven for orchids, ferns, succulents and carnivorous plants.

    cleaning and repotting nursery plants

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  • Meet Kerala's 'rainforest gardeners' creating a Noah's ark for endangered plants.
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    Meet Kerala's 'rainforest gardeners' creating a Noah's ark for endangered plants.
    Meet Kerala's 'rainforest gardeners' creating a Noah's ark for endangered plants.

    In one of the world's 'hottest hotspots' of biodiversity, an all-female team have turned a patch of forest into a haven for orchids, ferns, succulents and carnivorous plants.

    woman pouring natural fertiliser made of cow urine and other substances at the nursery for the plants

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  • Meet Kerala's 'rainforest gardeners' creating a Noah's ark for endangered plants.
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    Meet Kerala's 'rainforest gardeners' creating a Noah's ark for endangered plants.
    Meet Kerala's 'rainforest gardeners' creating a Noah's ark for endangered plants.

    In one of the world's 'hottest hotspots' of biodiversity, an all-female team have turned a patch of forest into a haven for orchids, ferns, succulents and carnivorous plants.

    A welcome visitor in the nursery

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  • Meet Kerala's 'rainforest gardeners' creating a Noah's ark for endangered plants.
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    Meet Kerala's 'rainforest gardeners' creating a Noah's ark for endangered plants.
    Meet Kerala's 'rainforest gardeners' creating a Noah's ark for endangered plants.

    In one of the world's 'hottest hotspots' of biodiversity, an all-female team have turned a patch of forest into a haven for orchids, ferns, succulents and carnivorous plants.

    A welcome visitor in the nursery

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  • Meet Kerala's 'rainforest gardeners' creating a Noah's ark for endangered plants.
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    Meet Kerala's 'rainforest gardeners' creating a Noah's ark for endangered plants.
    Meet Kerala's 'rainforest gardeners' creating a Noah's ark for endangered plants.

    In one of the world's 'hottest hotspots' of biodiversity, an all-female team have turned a patch of forest into a haven for orchids, ferns, succulents and carnivorous plants.

    Another type of orchid flower in the nursery

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  • Meet Kerala's 'rainforest gardeners' creating a Noah's ark for endangered plants.
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    Meet Kerala's 'rainforest gardeners' creating a Noah's ark for endangered plants.
    Meet Kerala's 'rainforest gardeners' creating a Noah's ark for endangered plants.

    In one of the world's 'hottest hotspots' of biodiversity, an all-female team have turned a patch of forest into a haven for orchids, ferns, succulents and carnivorous plants.

    Staghorn ferns kept inside the greenhouse

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  • Meet Kerala's 'rainforest gardeners' creating a Noah's ark for endangered plants.
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    Meet Kerala's 'rainforest gardeners' creating a Noah's ark for endangered plants.
    Meet Kerala's 'rainforest gardeners' creating a Noah's ark for endangered plants.

    In one of the world's 'hottest hotspots' of biodiversity, an all-female team have turned a patch of forest into a haven for orchids, ferns, succulents and carnivorous plants.

    A type of Impatiens flower

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  • Meet Kerala's 'rainforest gardeners' creating a Noah's ark for endangered plants.
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    Meet Kerala's 'rainforest gardeners' creating a Noah's ark for endangered plants.
    Meet Kerala's 'rainforest gardeners' creating a Noah's ark for endangered plants.

    In one of the world's 'hottest hotspots' of biodiversity, an all-female team have turned a patch of forest into a haven for orchids, ferns, succulents and carnivorous plants.

    Women carrying Staghorn fern into the nursey

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  • Meet Kerala's 'rainforest gardeners' creating a Noah's ark for endangered plants.
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    Meet Kerala's 'rainforest gardeners' creating a Noah's ark for endangered plants.
    Meet Kerala's 'rainforest gardeners' creating a Noah's ark for endangered plants.

    In one of the world's 'hottest hotspots' of biodiversity, an all-female team have turned a patch of forest into a haven for orchids, ferns, succulents and carnivorous plants.

    Women carrying Staghorn fern into the nursey

    Neelima Vallangi / Guardian / eyevine

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  • Meet Kerala's 'rainforest gardeners' creating a Noah's ark for endangered plants.
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    Meet Kerala's 'rainforest gardeners' creating a Noah's ark for endangered plants.
    Meet Kerala's 'rainforest gardeners' creating a Noah's ark for endangered plants.

    In one of the world's 'hottest hotspots' of biodiversity, an all-female team have turned a patch of forest into a haven for orchids, ferns, succulents and carnivorous plants.

    Lakshmi PC, takes cares of Arisaema and Sonerila plant species, been working at the nursery for 10 years. Previously used to do backbreaking work at a tea estate.

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  • Meet Kerala's 'rainforest gardeners' creating a Noah's ark for endangered plants.
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    Meet Kerala's 'rainforest gardeners' creating a Noah's ark for endangered plants.
    Meet Kerala's 'rainforest gardeners' creating a Noah's ark for endangered plants.

    In one of the world's 'hottest hotspots' of biodiversity, an all-female team have turned a patch of forest into a haven for orchids, ferns, succulents and carnivorous plants.

    Sheena Mol, studied till 9th standard, been working at the sanctuary for 20 years. Takes care of orchids and teaches new joinees how to take care of orchid plants

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