An odd dha with dried leaves on it

Titus Pullo · 9th April 2006, 08:09 AM

I'm not sure if writing on leaves has anything to do with it, though! If you look at the Burman writing, it has no corners; this means...when they wrote with letters, which have no corners, it would not damage the delicate leaves. The Burmese letters themselves evolved from Southern Indian ( I think ) and Mon.

PUFF · 9th April 2006, 08:56 AM

I just check my bamboo leaves. They are different from the pics above. The bamboo leaves don't have interconnection between major veins while the pics above shows network of linkers between major veins.

And I think the crude string 's made of banana tree.

Mark · 10th April 2006, 10:04 PM

Great discussion! I see what you mean about the network of cross-veins between the major parallel veins. I am sure the plant is a "monocot" at any rate, a major division among flowering plants that includes grasses (like bamboo, corn, etc.), palm trees, lilies, and ti and many, many others.

I'm told there is no writing apparent on the leaves. I am struck by the pattern in which the leaves are pinned together. It is more than just folding and holding them together. One part looks folded end-to-end, another is folded at an angle, and another is sort of rolled and pinned flat.

And here is a crazy idea: its a duck. Don't laugh. Look at the last photo upside down - the squarish rolled-and-pinned piece is the head, the diagonal piece the neck, and the large bunch is the body. Maybe a cormorant. In fact, now that I look closely, the parts forming the "neck" and "head" seem to be all one leaf, cut to the mid-rib and fold around. At any rate, the diagonal edges on the "neck" are cut in.

Anybody see something else in the shape? That is all I could come up with after I started thinking its "messy" look might actually be deliberate.

Rick · 10th April 2006, 10:52 PM

Gotta beg to differ about the leaves Boys .

Pretty sure they are a variety of Bamboo .
The leaves on my Wife's plants have the same pattern .

As for the duck business seen in the folding ; I'm just not seeing it ; then again I am an unimaginitive old so and so .

/flunked my Rorscharch test .

// ducks .....

10th April 2006, 10:04 PM	#3
Mark Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 987	Great discussion! I see what you mean about the network of cross-veins between the major parallel veins. I am sure the plant is a "monocot" at any rate, a major division among flowering plants that includes grasses (like bamboo, corn, etc.), palm trees, lilies, and ti and many, many others. I'm told there is no writing apparent on the leaves. I am struck by the pattern in which the leaves are pinned together. It is more than just folding and holding them together. One part looks folded end-to-end, another is folded at an angle, and another is sort of rolled and pinned flat. And here is a crazy idea: its a duck. Don't laugh. Look at the last photo upside down - the squarish rolled-and-pinned piece is the head, the diagonal piece the neck, and the large bunch is the body. Maybe a cormorant. In fact, now that I look closely, the parts forming the "neck" and "head" seem to be all one leaf, cut to the mid-rib and fold around. At any rate, the diagonal edges on the "neck" are cut in. Anybody see something else in the shape? That is all I could come up with after I started thinking its "messy" look might actually be deliberate. Attached Images

10th April 2006, 10:52 PM	#4
Rick Vikingsword Staff Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 6,336	Bamboo Leaves . Gotta beg to differ about the leaves Boys . Pretty sure they are a variety of Bamboo . The leaves on my Wife's plants have the same pattern . As for the duck business seen in the folding ; I'm just not seeing it ; then again I am an unimaginitive old so and so . /flunked my Rorscharch test . // ducks .....

9th April 2006, 08:09 AM	#1
Titus Pullo Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 123	I'm not sure if writing on leaves has anything to do with it, though! If you look at the Burman writing, it has no corners; this means...when they wrote with letters, which have no corners, it would not damage the delicate leaves. The Burmese letters themselves evolved from Southern Indian ( I think ) and Mon.

9th April 2006, 08:56 AM	#2
PUFF Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 30 miles north of Bangkok, 20 miles south of Ayuthaya, Thailand Posts: 224	I just check my bamboo leaves. They are different from the pics above. The bamboo leaves don't have interconnection between major veins while the pics above shows network of linkers between major veins. And I think the crude string 's made of banana tree.