13-04-2016, 09:04 PM
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This plant you think may be cucumber is the one next to "Hercules" and "Cerberus", and I describe it as the Hydra You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view..
The root in the middle splits in two because when you chop off a hydra's head, it grows back as two.
The reason why the two remaining heads ostentatiously cross each other, i.e. swap places, is because you have to swap the syllables of the word "Hydra" to approach the foreign plant name. That is why the label, as I read it, starts with "Ra".
I haven't identified the plant itself yet, but your suggestions are options. My prediction, based on mnemonic and label, is that it will be an Indo-Iranian plant name that starts with /ra/ or /la/. /R/ and /L/ often get interchanged.
This plant you think may be cucumber is the one next to "Hercules" and "Cerberus", and I describe it as the Hydra You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view..
The root in the middle splits in two because when you chop off a hydra's head, it grows back as two.
The reason why the two remaining heads ostentatiously cross each other, i.e. swap places, is because you have to swap the syllables of the word "Hydra" to approach the foreign plant name. That is why the label, as I read it, starts with "Ra".
I haven't identified the plant itself yet, but your suggestions are options. My prediction, based on mnemonic and label, is that it will be an Indo-Iranian plant name that starts with /ra/ or /la/. /R/ and /L/ often get interchanged.