29-08-2017, 08:53 AM
Thomas: when a tree is depicted in the VM, as far as we know it is drawn as a twig of that tree with roots added. For my reasoning, see this post You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.
If we see the VM plant as one "branch" of D. cinnabari, it's actually not too bad. This would even explain the bump on the stem since its branches are gnarly. It is a fact that the VM added roots to the oak twig where other manuscripts didn't, and it stubbornly draws roots on every plant or twig. So here, too, the roots look like they've been added to a twig of the tree.
Adding to that the dragon and, apparently, the sap, I still see D. cinnabari as the most likely candidate for this plant.
If we see the VM plant as one "branch" of D. cinnabari, it's actually not too bad. This would even explain the bump on the stem since its branches are gnarly. It is a fact that the VM added roots to the oak twig where other manuscripts didn't, and it stubbornly draws roots on every plant or twig. So here, too, the roots look like they've been added to a twig of the tree.
Adding to that the dragon and, apparently, the sap, I still see D. cinnabari as the most likely candidate for this plant.