'Sun-flower', a rather literal translation of 'Heli-anthus'. As for the solar corona: Some of the outer ray florets may actually break off on a windy day and drift into outer space. (It always has to be 'outer' space, has it.)
A variant name of sunflower is 'Hamanit'. A hot tub name like any other. Will leave the details to Topkapi experts.
Botanical candles burn always upwards starting from the ground floor. One way to distinguish them from ordinary votive offerings. Holds even for chapeau claque racemes of the sunflower type. Flowering starts in this case at the periphery. Same time table as a vinyl type record player (multi pick up set up). Negligible centrifugal effects.
I do not know if there are actually two sets of interlocking spirals (clockwise and counterclockwise) or if it just looks that way. Close spacing effect. Unidirectional spirals would be easier to explain if you start with a Plantain type spike. Intuitive cross reference: Interl...
