Unidentified seedlings

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  1. AlainK

    AlainK Renowned Contributor Forums Moderator Maple Society 10 Years

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    Unidentified seedlings, or hybrids, or trees from seed.

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    The one on the right :

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    Acer oliverianum, and a seedling that looks pretty much alike, but not totally the same - so far :

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    "Atropurpureum", one with a brownish red, others with more or less dissected dark red leaves :

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    emery Renowned Contributor Maple Society 10 Years

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    Your oliverianum is very dissected for the species, even for a young plant....

    I hope you have better luck with dissectum seedlings than I do!
     
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    They're OK so far, I was waiting for the frosts being behind us to repot, or slip-pot them.
     
  4. LoverOfMaples

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    I'm kinda like you @AlainK. I bunch seeds together that don't germinate the first yes or label get loss.

    Can anyone have any thoughts on this one? Possibly Acer campestre?
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    I also have these
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    Good morning D, I'm sitting on front of my computer screen waiting for a Zoom meet and this dropped in.
    IMO it is Campestre, but the tips are a little more narrow than on the Campestre leaves over here, that are a little more rounded at the tips.
     
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    My husband passionately dislikes dissectums, but nevertheless I collected some seeds from a park tree (second photo, from google maps, sorry for the poor quality, I suspect ’Orangeola’, fall colors). I was surprised that even the first true leaves are heavily dissected. Did not expect that and I couldn’t find any pictures online of germinating dissectum. They are not fully developed, but one can tell already. Interestingly, nothing germinated after one winter, I had to wait two years to see these guys. I wonder if this is a general dissectum feature?
     

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    And why doesn't he like Dissectums N ? He needs more coaching, lol.
    Re the seedlings, these are Cotyledon leaves that are normal. They drop off after around 6 to 8 pairs establish. So IMO all is fine.
    Do hope you get one like in your photo, the parent I presume ?
     
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    Hi D, he dislikes the weeping habit. To him it is very unnatural looking.
    Yes, that is the tree I collected the seeds from. Not really sure whether it is ‘Orangeola’ or not.
    I was referring to the first true leaves, not the cotyledons. I was expecting they will be the generic single-lobe heavily serrated palmatum first true leaves.
     
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    Ah I understand, the Cotyledon answer not your husband not liking dissectums, lol. Everyone to their own though.

    So, yes N if they are from a dissectum parent then they will be dissectum leaves from the start. I have never seen anything different, but as is always the case, I expect someone on the forum has. As you are probably aware the liklihood of getting a perfect copy of the parent is very hit and miss. But this you will see over the coming months. The more you have the better the chance.
     
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    Any ideas what these are please? They have popped up all over my maple pots. They don’t look like seedlings I’ve had previously.
     

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    Any Poplar trees around you R ?
     
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    They're maples alright. Probably sycamores, but wait until you see some real leaves.
     
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    Thanks D, makes sense..from the park next to my house..
     
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    Our posts crossed, but I'm pretty sure that's a sycamore. Aren't Populus alternate, anyway?
     
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    Sorry Emery I was replying to you re Sycamores, that makes sense..but thanked Derek by mistake..I desperately need to see an optometrist..I’ve never had spectacles but I am developing age related short sightedness..

    Thank you Derek too..
     
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    Good spot E. Especially as they are very young.
     
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    Also so easy to do after 2300hrs R. I do not function very well at that time, glasses or not. Glad E got an ID for you.
    But I did think about that well known TV advert when you said about needing an eye test, lol.
     
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    LOL, no problem, we've all done it!
     
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    Not sure where this little came from but it the only one like it.
     

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    Everything around it looks like A. japonicum , so perhaps it is a more wild-type japonicum?
     
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    Has anyone had palmatum dissectum seeds germinate after only one cycle of cold stratification? (I asked that before, but got no answers...)
     
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    I most have missed it. I had success last year with a good number of the and they are coming alone fine this year.
     

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    Hi @Nik. The seedlings around it came from Acer pseudosieboldianum.
     
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    Then ‘wild type’ pseudosieboldianum is the most likely ID.
     
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    As for the dissectum seedlings, yours look more like matsumurae (even if they were the progeny of a dissectum). I have a single shot experience with dissectum seeds, but I got them to germinate only after two winters. Which probably means that you should keep that tray for one more year, and maybe true dissectum seedlings will germinate next spring.
     

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