Does this JM look familiar to anyone?

I got this JM years ago on ebay (I know, I know) but somewhere along the line the tag was lost and half my memory along with it. It's an age thing....

It is a very slow grower, but I just love the shape of the leaves.

very nice leaf shapes. Are they rimmed in red, or is the stem reddish? I couldn't tell from the picture.

It has the leaf shape of Hagoromo. I just had this maple registered with the Maple Society in England. The name is Acer palmatum "Verkade's Jacus Potus". It has the same odd shaped leaf as Hagoromo. I believe there must be 10 or more with this shape that is in existance.

http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/188507/

Dave

This message was edited May 12, 2010 2:06 PM

Beaker, yes, the stems are red.

The name Hagoromo doesn't ring a bell. This little tree is probably 6 years old and still only about 15 inches tall.

It certainly does look like your pictures though....

This message was edited May 13, 2010 8:36 AM

Here's another picture...not sure if it's any better.

I think I remember the name of this tree now. It's Goshiki Kotohime. Does it look like it could be that?

http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/78117/

This message was edited Jul 4, 2010 1:56 PM

You might as well throw away that label because the picture you posted on May 13th in no way resembles the one you posted today. The May 13th is a picture of an odd leaf. It appears to have one lobe and a short petiole whereas the picture of today showes a leaf with 5 to 7 lobes on a petiole.

Dave

Well, I only posted the picture of the tree with that name on plant files. It's not mine... The one I posted on May 13th was just a different shot my tree.

Sorry.

It is not a Goshiki no way not even close .. Hag is closest although BUT you would not have seen that on ebay 6 years ago and 99% sure not today .. it is fairly uncommon... .Hogyoku maybe Hagoromo unlikely. ( those two manes are easily confused .. but totally dissimilar cultivars) check and see it it is grafted you never stated that .. I wouldn't be surprised if it was not but if it is it still could be anything .. nice tree though .. as you know ids of all but a very few Jms is virtually impossible and on any jm 100% surety is also unobtainable .. .

This message was edited Jul 5, 2010 8:58 AM

This message was edited Jul 5, 2010 9:00 AM

Pictures of Hagoromo

http://www.ubcbotanicalgarden.org/forums/showthread.php?t=2776

http://www.conifer.com.au/objectlibrary/2122

If that is a seedling then you have a great find indeed. There are not that many odd shape leaves in the maple field as of yet. I would think that there might be from 10 to 20 but that does not say there won't be more.

Dave

Well, the more I look at my tree and the more I look at the Hagoromo, I think that must be it. Thanks for all your help.

Oh, and yes...it is grafted.

This message was edited Jul 14, 2010 12:39 PM