The Voynich Ninja

With the voting for Group A set to close in a few days, let's open the vote on Group B! This time, I am less certain about which plant will be the winner and pass on to the next round.

1. f11r
   
2. f18v
   
3. f27v
   
4. f28r
   
5. f29r
   
6. f35r
   
7. f36v
   
8. f42r
   

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Cast your votes! The poll will automatically close in 7 days.

Well, the flower is missing.
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(21-04-2025, 05:12 PM)bi3mw Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Well, the flower is missing.

Ooh it's a tie. 

I voted You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. because it's got something interesting going on at all three levels (flower, leaves, root). And it's one of the better parallels I ever found.



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I take a number 4.
Simply because nobody knows what it is.

My man koldarod takes the win, ez

Compare the pattern of the leaf margins on #4 with the rayonny pattern from heraldry.

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Rayonny patterns are sometimes used in solar representations.

Triple tie at the moment. I guess we will need a tiebreaker at some point. I will ask Cary not to vote on any of the polls. If two or more plants are still tied when the poll closed, she can cast the deciding vote.

I voted for 3 You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. because of the "puzzle root", which has some interesting parallels in plants from the alchemical herbal where roots appear to have been drawn in cross section. 

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(21-04-2025, 06:47 PM)Aga Tentakulus Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.I take a number 4.
Simply because nobody knows what it is.

Well... the stalk in You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. does indeed look like a fertile You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. stalk, or better like three Equisetum stalks growing one from the top of the other (plus yet something else dangling from the very top), while the leaves do not look at all like Equisetum leaves (the leaves in the picture you posted are obviously not from Equisetum, hard to say what they are but they could be You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. or maybe You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view., both grow in the same general environment as Equisetum does, shady and moist).

A phantasy plant (but it's cool, even if I voted for f11r).

Puzzle Root takes the lead!