AlainK
Imperial Masterpiece
I like growing maples from seeds, looking for the odd one out, the precious one.
This one was a cutting from a seed gathered some 8-10 years ago from a green or red dissectum on a roadside plantation. The leaves are narrower and the mother plant has this central lobe slightly twisted as is often the case in seedlings from dissectum seeds.
I repotted an air-layer today. It has the characteristics of lace-leafed maples, it grows very slowly, is not vigorous on its own roots, has a greyish bark and the branches snap when you try to bend them too much. It had been for several years in a plastic pot, but most of the leaves were on the surface, another characteristic of many Japanese maples.
This one was a cutting from a seed gathered some 8-10 years ago from a green or red dissectum on a roadside plantation. The leaves are narrower and the mother plant has this central lobe slightly twisted as is often the case in seedlings from dissectum seeds.
I repotted an air-layer today. It has the characteristics of lace-leafed maples, it grows very slowly, is not vigorous on its own roots, has a greyish bark and the branches snap when you try to bend them too much. It had been for several years in a plastic pot, but most of the leaves were on the surface, another characteristic of many Japanese maples.