Kew's Millennium Seed Bank partnership celebrates banking its 24,200th species, a Yunnan banana seed - a pink wild banana from China which is an important staple for wild Asian elephants (Musa itinerans). Royal Botanical Gardens Kew is celebrating collecting, banking and conserving 10% of the world's wild plant species. Kew's Millennium Seed Bank, Wakehurst Place, East Sussex. The X-Ray Room where the quality of the seeds are checked. The X-Ray on the computer monitor shows the health and viability of teh sample of the seeds in the petri dish. October 15, 2009. Photo: Edmond Terakopian