Morten St George Theory

[Morten St. George]

Water lilies grow all over the world. That specific species grows all over the world, New World, Old World. It's a common plant. Forget about it being North American, just think of it as circumboreal, because that's what it is.

Well, we seem to agree that at least one of the VMS drawings depicts a real plant.

I now view it as a fool's game to debate plant location: there are apparently so many plant species that no matter which real plant you choose to select, you are likely to find a similar-looking plant somewhere else in the world, i.e. plants were more likely to have been dispersed by wind and ocean currents than animals

On the other hand, the VMS also depicts plants for which, as far as I know, no one has been able to find a look-alike anywhere. As all real plants are likely to have a look-alike somewhere, I am forced to conclude that the VMS also depicts fantasy plants.