Flavescens?

I was sold this plant as Flavescens some 9 years ago. As I begin to update my website I have been having a closer look at my plants and am now convinced that this plant should probably be more correctly named as 'Viridis'. The leaf is shown with the tree as it is today. Flavescens would be more yellowish in leaf colour, more spreading in habit, and the leaf more likely to have 7 divisions than the 9 shown here
Am I correct?
Any other ideas?
More photographs of the plant can be seen at:
This dissectum
Be aware that it is still referred to as Flavescens for the time being

 

No, this Maple is not Flavescens.

Flavescens is the green form counterpart to Esveld's
Garnet. The shapes of the leaves (lobes) are almost
identical but one has the coloring of a garnet gemstone
and the other is green leaf. It is the new growth after
the initial Spring flush of growth that will be an aocha
(yellow green) in color. The early Spring growth can
be tinged with slight red markings in the outer portion
of the lobes when grown in bright sun or in full sunlight
We can see the red markings here in the second flush of
Spring growth but many other areas, especially cooler
growing areas may not see it. The growth habits of
Flavescens and the true form Garnet are essentially
the same as well.

Jim

 

Thanks JIm
But you don't tell me what you think it is ?

 

You asked if it was Flavescens or not, not what it
is. Now, the what is it question. How about this
for some help. 9 lobes right? I don't think it is a
Viridis or a Viridis group. It is an old Maple and
it does indeed have an established name. A photo
of it is not shown in the Vertrees second edition
book. There is a photo of this Maple in the Esveld
web site.

Sorry for doing things this way but I'd rather
confirm and I will do that for you rather than
come right out and tell what it is. Now, we
may have more involvement from people even
if it is a guess from them.

Jim

 

LOL Jim
You love to encourage investigations :)
Vertrees doesn't show a picture of the leaf of Viridis, but does suggest that the leaf can have either 7 or 9 lobes
It may however be rather more 'lacy' than the leaf on my own plant
Kiri Nishiki is a possibility but again without a leaf photograph to compare with I have difficulty here
There is a photograph in Garden Maples by Van Gelderen which looks very similar, although he describes the variety as being wider than tall. That conflicts with my own plant somewhat.
Esveld doesn't make the same claim
Do you think it might be Kiri Nishiki? It certainly is in line with the colouration

 

Your flav04.jpg photo from your web site
is how I remember Kiri nishiki with that
coloring. The Maple is similar to Sekimori
in its leaf structure but a lighter green and
Kiri nishiki makes a more tightly constructed,
bun shaped plant than Sekimori. Your Maple
is wider than it is tall if we think in terms of
diameter. Sekimori can get much taller, rangier
and less compact than your Maple is when grown
here and is noticeably a darker green leaf in color.

Jim

 

Thanks for your help Jim
With putting these plants onto my website I don't want to mislead anyone
Regards