Identification: Can you name this acer palmatum?

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  1. raino17

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    Hi,

    I could not find the name for my new acer palmatum on the added information tag. There is only 'acer palmatum' mentioned, but i don' t believe that this is a common.

    It has 7 lobed slightly toothed green leaves with red veins. Some leaves are half reddish which gives it a colorful look. The leaves are about 11/2 to 2" and are separated to half of their size.

    In the vertrees book i find some likeliness to Katsura, but i think it's some other sort.

    Can someone name it for me?

    Greeting Rainer
     

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    Reddish leaves
     

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    green 'side' of same plant
     

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    Yesterday a friend (professional gardener and acer-expert) told me it could be a ´Tatsuta´

    Is this a possibility?
     
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    Are you sure its a grafted cultivar? Look for evidence of a healed graft.
     
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    Yes im sure it´s grafted and not a seedling.
     
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    Its so hard to tell because it has a pretty standard green leaf. Its possible that it could be Osakazuki.....but i think it will be almost impossible (for me) to identify the tree with 100 percent certainty. Especially without observing it throughout its entire growing season.
     
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    I have an ´Osakazuki´ which looks diffent from this one.
     

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