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Welcome @WanderNWonder!
I've used Olympus since 2012, E-M5, then E-M1 and then E-M1.2. Prior to this summer I exchanged my E-M1.2 for a Panasonic G9 and to me, the differences are night and day. The G9 is simply the more superior camera by, what feels like, at least a generation or two ahead.
Apart from a superior user interface with a touch screen that works in almost every way and every menu both for making settings and shooting, the camera body has more direct and quick access controls than the E-M1.2 which means there is less need to menu hopping or the use of the super control panel. Now the super control panel on the Olympus is great, and I fully understand some love it. But for me, if I have the option between pressing a button, bringing up a menu, change drive mode (for example) and then press a button to confirm OR to simply turn one dial one or two steps in order to do the same thing, that camera is the clear winner for me. Same thing for focus stacking for example which should be interesting for your flowers. It's right there on the mode dial on the G9. Olympus requires menu hopping and as the E-M1.2 doesn't have a personal/custom menu to save your favorite settings unlike the G9 (and E-M1X) that menu hopping takes even longer.
As far as your concerns about AF wobble, this has been blown out of proportion to such an extent that it has become silly. The only time you might experience it is while continues AF and even when it is obvious, you will most likely (I did) become used to it and not see it. Personally I don't care about it in Continues AF, I just trust the camera to nail focus where anyway even though it might sometimes look in the EVF as it is out of focus. Remember the autofocus calculations, which can cause the wobble, is calculated 480 times every second, the wobble that exists is extremely fast. Speaking of the EVF, it's miles ahead of the Olympus in terms of quality and resolution.
Also, to answer your question about the fastest S-AF between the two cameras, the G9 wins hands down. The E-M1.2 is fast, no doubt about it, but it's fast as in most other cameras are fast. The G9 is just a step ahead and feels near instant in a way I haven't noticed any other camera do. I actually tested the G9 with another Olympus user when the G9 was released and we both looked at each other and agreed on the same thing, the G9 was just fast, pure and simple.
Another thing that might benefit you with the G9 and for hand held macro shooting or shooting with long glass is, although the G9 shutter is very sensitive as it is, you can change a setting to set the camera to shoot when you half press the shutter. This further enhances the speed and more importantly the chance of vibrations caused by your movement when pressing the shutter.
Image stabilization of both cameras are on par, I almost only use Olympus glass on my G9 (as that is what I bought in to for 7 years with Olympus) but the lenses I use work as well or better (faster AF) on the G9. The only lens I "regret" buying is the Olympus 300mm F4, I would have been better of with the Panasonic 200mm F2.8 with TC 1.4. Though the built in IS of the Olympus 300mm F4 is at least as good as built in IS of Nikon/Canon long glass so for that sake it is not a problem really, with dual IS though you just get even better IS.
I wouldn't really agree there is little to differentiate the two cameras, for me, the differences are massive but that doesn't mean they are massive for other people, or indeed that they are in favor of the G9.
The PL 100-400 has been proven to be a very good lens. I have no doubt Olympus' upcoming 100-400 will be as good and probably better but it was just announced on the road map and the last road map Olympus presented a year ago has been left pretty much empty as far as real releases goes. That doesn't mean we won't see a 100-400 this year but I wouldn't built a system around "waiting" for one particular lens that might come in a year, or two, or three or not at all.
Depending on your funds, if I were to start with m43 now, knowing what I know, doing what I do I would go with a G9, PL 12-60mm F2.8-F4 and the PL 50-200 F2.8-F4 and possibly add a TC1.4 in the future. that way you are covered from 24-400mm with very high quality variable aperture glass in at a very good size and weight, all of it weather protected. To this I would add a macro for pure and very close flowers shots (if I were you) and a wide angle in the future such as the PL 8-18. That's just me though
Regards
Rasmus
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