Hi Atlantia,
I hadn't checked this thread until now.
So far as the flowers go, we've got another one of those annoying, eight-petaled sword flowers again on one side, and a three-petaled thingie on the other.
My guess on the three-petaled thingie is that it's a side view of an iris (
link to pic of spanish iris, which is appropriately called
Iris xiphium).
As for the eight petaled flower, I just posted about a similar figure on that serpentine rapier thingie (
link). The short answer is that there aren't any eight-petaled simple flowers. However, there are, potentially, eight petaled composite flowers in the sunflower family (Asteraceae, aka the Compositae). So, it could be a margerite, a daisy, or some such. It's not a true sunflower. OTOH, the Asteraceae is one of the biggest families of flowering plants in the world, so asking, "which one is it?" could take a long time to answer.
It also could be some sort of symbolic flower, as Katana suggested for the undulating rapier.
Hope this helps a little.
My 0.002 centavos,
F