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An illustrated kingdom of real, fantastical plants | Nirupa Rao

Visit to get our entire library of TED Talks, transcripts, translations, personalized talk recommendations and more. Botanical artist Nirupa Rao captures the spirit and beauty of nature in watercolor. With a portfolio of enchanting, scientifically accurate illustrations, she aims to reignite our emotional connection to the environment — and open our eyes to an entire…

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Botanical artist Nirupa Rao captures the spirit and beauty of nature in watercolor. With a portfolio of enchanting, scientifically accurate illustrations, she aims to reignite our emotional connection to the environment — and open our eyes to an entire kingdom hidden in plain sight.

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53 Comments

  1. Graywalker Join3rdParty

    October 27, 2020 at 8:27 pm

    A good illustration is much better than a photo

  2. GuitarZombie

    October 27, 2020 at 8:29 pm

    God’s creation is marvelous. Man only messes it up

    • Nature Owns

      October 27, 2020 at 10:41 pm

      How about add women there

  3. Farbot Zarathuštrötöma Nia

    October 27, 2020 at 8:36 pm

    Thanks

  4. Rebecca Leeman

    October 27, 2020 at 8:46 pm

    Yes
    Plants are fundamental.

  5. Dark Soul

    October 27, 2020 at 8:55 pm

    👏❤

  6. Lisa Love Ministries

    October 27, 2020 at 9:01 pm

    Proverbs 9:10💞

  7. Pakistani Mom life in America

    October 27, 2020 at 9:02 pm

    Friends support my channel

  8. hgfdsad htyres

    October 27, 2020 at 9:05 pm

    0:19
    virtual-chat-girls.online

    • Nature Owns

      October 27, 2020 at 10:41 pm

      You don’t care about earth do you

  9. Gaurav Dhingra

    October 27, 2020 at 9:19 pm

    She’s representing the true Indian Culture ❤️

  10. Fabio D

    October 27, 2020 at 9:55 pm

    I thought this was going to be the first TED video without leftist propaganda BS 🙁
    Oh well, maybe next time… 5 more chances before unsubscribed & trashed

  11. 3finnian

    October 27, 2020 at 10:10 pm

    I cried watching this

  12. Mickey Roll

    October 27, 2020 at 10:27 pm

    Ai should soon be advanced enough to create these images

  13. Fabian Grasser

    October 27, 2020 at 10:32 pm

    I love plants

  14. Nature Owns

    October 27, 2020 at 10:44 pm

    TREES=LIFE

  15. Taha Babikir

    October 27, 2020 at 10:49 pm

    What happened to social distancing Ted?

  16. 4TheRecord

    October 27, 2020 at 11:15 pm

    Mary Jane would be proud.

  17. Modern Goddess Mary Faith

    October 27, 2020 at 11:31 pm

    I just took a dab i have no clue what she is talking about 😆 something about flowers and trees germinating?

  18. Modern Goddess Mary Faith

    October 27, 2020 at 11:33 pm

    If im stuck in traffic what do i do?

  19. adejareojo

    October 28, 2020 at 12:36 am

    Literally watching DC Swamp Thing on the CW while watching this😆⏳

  20. Neneng's Life In The Province Vlog

    October 28, 2020 at 12:37 am

    Beautiful lady watching here

  21. Manjari Shukla

    October 28, 2020 at 12:51 am

    Exceptional work 👌

  22. Aslam Hashim

    October 28, 2020 at 12:53 am

    Inspiring ✨

  23. Trystelune

    October 28, 2020 at 1:19 am

    I wish i was a woman, that in a world full of issues , my main priorities are shoes , dresses, leaves, like this one, that chose to be a leaf painter for a living . I imagine theres a man behind that must pay all the bills and give her money every month like this she can watch leaves while people go do real work for society .

    • Kayla Stuhr Productions

      October 28, 2020 at 4:28 am

      You wouldn’t last one day as a woman with an ego as fragile as yours, feeling so threatened that you are compelled to make a sexist comment, incidentally completely missing the point of this presentation. Apparently this simple “leaf painter’s” contribution to nature conservation work is too complex for you.

    • Anand Bhadke

      October 28, 2020 at 5:08 am

      Atleast read before making a judgment. She has two books of her own, and makes illustrations for other books. She has also recieved national geographic young explorer’s grant. So I guess she is doing well on her own.
      And secondly, this is completely unrelated to the message she is trying to deliver. Is it necessary to judge and make comments, rather than just try to understand and appreciate what she is conveying?

    • lifefan

      October 29, 2020 at 1:23 pm

      Men like you always spread hate to women and cannot see the real beauty of the world.

  24. Yogi

    October 28, 2020 at 1:31 am

    India Mission: Population Control

  25. TheGuy616

    October 28, 2020 at 2:06 am

    I play Minecraft so I know my trees.

  26. Leonardo Kadut

    October 28, 2020 at 2:26 am

    She should work with Sir David Attenborough 😇

  27. Shazistic

    October 28, 2020 at 5:48 am

    Hard times don’t create heroes. It is during the hard times when the ‘hero’ within us is revealed.

    -Shazistic

  28. chase muschong

    October 28, 2020 at 6:07 am

    There is a TedX channel. Why is this here?

  29. Sumaia H

    October 28, 2020 at 6:29 am

    She is beautiful 🙂

  30. Kairo Chrono

    October 28, 2020 at 7:35 am

    Finally

  31. Angry Kittens

    October 28, 2020 at 8:03 am

    I love browsing old taxonomic articles in scientific journals because of these beautiful drawings. Great to see the tradition continues, even in the age of photography.

  32. Naveen Arur

    October 28, 2020 at 9:51 am

    Thank you

  33. Aria Kh

    October 28, 2020 at 10:31 am

    The ending line was one of the bests. <3

  34. emy w kosha

    October 28, 2020 at 10:59 am

    Sweeten lake for the nicest channel, and I hope you share mine.👏❤️👍

  35. Mr.Erekle

    October 28, 2020 at 11:56 am

    Am I only person who can’t understands her speech without subtitles? :)))))

    • Yahya Choudhury

      October 28, 2020 at 4:24 pm

      Yes, you really need to improve your English if you cannot understand what she is saying. She pronounced every word in a way anyone who understands basic English could understand.

    • Mr.Erekle

      October 28, 2020 at 4:30 pm

      Yahya Choudhury Give me your whatsapp or something and I can make u sure that my English is better than yours and better than her :))) I’m native speaker and sorry but not my, but her english really need to be improved.

  36. Joseph Raymond

    October 28, 2020 at 12:04 pm

    When I was in college in Colorado,had this fellow from New York city,had never been in a forest,or seen trees other than Central Park,which isn’t a forest.
    To be there to see his emotions when I took him to the mountain forests was really cool,it was like a completely new world to him.
    The wonderment in his eyes,he almost teared up in joy,saying to me,I just never knew,thank you brother,for bringing me here….
    Take your friends,your family,take children to the forests.
    Let them see the life surrounding that without them we truly have no “soul”.
    The first time you ever go into a forest,you’ll get it,you’ll smell it,you’ll taste it in the air….

  37. K V CHANDRA SEKHAR

    October 28, 2020 at 12:35 pm

    Simply outstanding presentation

  38. 윤종원

    October 28, 2020 at 1:01 pm

    How to have question in school

  39. Tamilmaran C

    October 28, 2020 at 1:32 pm

    AWSOME TALK MADAM

  40. TOO CHA

    October 28, 2020 at 2:39 pm

    watching from thailand. 🙂
    you are interesting.

  41. Juvylyn Sabenorio

    October 28, 2020 at 3:05 pm

    What are the features of ted talk?

  42. Brandon Longwell

    October 28, 2020 at 6:36 pm

    Yes! What should Ted Talk announcing next.

    • Qonah Mobarak

      October 28, 2020 at 8:01 pm

      Mrs. Bird’s class.

  43. ORYX Photo Tours

    October 29, 2020 at 4:59 am

    ” To protect the animals we need to protect their habitats” Thank you!

  44. serendipidus1

    October 29, 2020 at 2:28 pm

    I can identify trees. I can’t identify cars they all look the same these days. 1970s cars I can tell apart…I can get a lift in someone’s car get out walk two paces away and not remember what the car looks like. I know oretty much every plant in my environment except I have trouble with the umbelliferous ones that look alike…like wild carrot versus ladies lace. But I know all the plants and what ailments they’re good for what nutrients are in them whether they make good dyes or can make cheese whether they dry with colour or fade I know the leaves flowers and seeds but not a lot about the roots. I teach my kids about the plants and trees around them. I know what they like and don’t like what their attributes are etc. It seems odd to me that people would not be interested to know all the amazing things you can do with different plants. Some can light a fire some can absorb lots of water some can be made into baskets or get rid of insects ..so many uses and interesting oersonalities they have.

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