The seedling is midway in the garden between an upright Jap Maple and cascading Orangeola* (mentioned those in another post). It doesn’t look like either one but possibly some sort of cross???

I found the 1999 order for Orangeola but the other two A.p. varieties on it are one, the Murisaki kiyohime that eventually died and the other, nothing like what I have, which seems odd.

* https://www.gardenia.net/plant/acer-palmatum-orangeola-laceleaf-japanese-maple

On May 23, 2020 at 8:24 AM Kitty Morrissy <1018@rewrite.hort.net> wrote:

Thanks, Gene. That will take some time, I guess. It’s not in the best place. Perhaps I’ll pot it up.

 

25-30 years ago I bought 4 Japanese maples – two uprights (one limped along & died a few yrs ago) and two of a dwarf nature.  The surviving upright is in a reasonably good location and going gangbusters right now.  Of the short ones, Autumn Moon hasn’t fared too well because the location isn’t good, but it’s still there and I fear it’s way too late to try moving it. Orangeola has done immensely well – it’s like the Blob. Now taller than I, it’s a great hideout for the cats.

 

From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [mailto:owner-gardenchat@hort.net] On Behalf Of Gene- NetSurfUsa
Sent: Saturday, May 23, 2020 8:42 AM
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Subject: RE: [CHAT] Japanese Maple seedling

 

Kitty,

If you like the seedling it is of value. Only one way to find out about it. Grow it on and see what you end up with, how it performs and looks. It will have the advantage of not being a graft.

Gene

 

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From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [mailto:owner-gardenchat@hort.net] On Behalf Of Judy Browning
Sent: Saturday, May 23, 2020 7:55 AM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Japanese Maple seedling

 

The attachment works for me. Pretty leaf, no idea if it's valuable

 

On Sat, May 23, 2020, 3:52 AM Kitty Morrissy <1*@rewrite.hort.net> wrote:

It was a .jpg then and again now. I did it as in an insert because I thought the list doesn't allow attachments. I've attached it this time; we'll see.

Thanks for letting me know

Kitty

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From: o*@hort.net [mailto:o*@hort.net] On Behalf Of Theresa
Sent: Friday, May 22, 2020 10:15 PM
To: g*@hort.net
Cc: p*@hort.net
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Japanese Maple seedling

Hi kitty. I couldn’t open the file, as it doesn’t seem to be a standard picture file. Can you resend it in a different format?

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> On May 22, 2020, at 5:10 PM, Kitty Morrissy <1*@rewrite.hort.net> wrote:
>
> Hi All!
> This may seem like a stupid question but could this be a seedling of
> Japanese Maple?
> I always assumed if there were any seedlings they would germinate anywhere
> near true.
> I expected they'd look like any old maple.
> But I've never had a seedling like this before. What do you make of it? Any
> value?
>
>
>
> Kitty
> <winmail.dat>

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