I have a friend who loves to grow plants from seed and he sent me this photo of Korean maple. Seed was imported from Korea. Leaves look different from those seen in the pictures. We have also seen the plant itself in an arboretum-different leaves, no double lobes. Is this species (Acer pseudosieboldianum) so variable or is it a mistake altogether? Regards, Barbara.
Try checking Acer japonicum. Leaves don't look right for Acer pseudosieboldianum. I'm sure someone in the Maple forum will help.
Since it was grown from seed, it can't be a named cultivar, though it may well be derived from one. Is it known if the seed was from a garden or park, or from the wild?
Afraid not. No possibility of its being a botanical variant of pseudosieboldianum? I've googled and there are some three or four of them. Regards, Barbara.
Some new photos. Leaf underside is downy in young leaves (velvety) and in older leaves there is a tuft of hairs at the point where petiole meets blade. Petioles are hairy as well. Regards, Barbara.
I have observed that seedlings from Acer pseudosieboldianum grown in gardens with other maple species show great variability which may indicate a readiness to hybridize easily. Therefore I would not be surprised that the Korean seedling shown does come from a pseudosieboldianum. Gomero
I'm sorry i can't be more help, i'm in south korea now. I've taken lots of pictures of maples and i attached a couple to this post that look similar to yours. (they aren't the best pictures). Anyway, I think most maples here are grown from seed.....Mostly around temples. I've mostly seen palmatums and matsumuraes grown from seed and then ones similar to yours. I've been to quite a few botanical gardens and i have only seen one shishigashira here (a old bonsai). I think everything else has been grown from seed. If you are interested i have more pictures.
