Maple id needed please help

[Deleted member 49943]

I got a nice maple from a guy no idea what type but it's hurting. I'd love to know the varieties. All I know is it's japanese and varigated. The last pic is of when I got it 4 months ago mid summer down here.

 

[Shibui]

You may have caught a few of the discussions where many of the experts have said it is not usually possible to give an ID for Japanese maples.
One of the problems is that there's many thousands of registered Jm cultivars and many look superficially similar so accurate Id from a few pics is only possible for a few of the varieties that are very different from any other cultivar.
There's also the question of seedlings. Each and every seedling is a new genetic individual so cannot be given an existing name, even if it looks similar to an existing cultivar. Cultivars can only be reproduced asexually (graft, cutting, layer, tissue culture, etc). I can't see any obvious graft site on your trunk (grafting is the most common method of asexual propagation for JM). It could be cutting grown or layered but more likely seed grown.
I guess that's a long way of saying it's not possible to ID your maple except that it is definitely a Japanese maple and a very nice one at that.

 

[Cadillactaste]

@Shibui stated it perfectly!

I'll confess...cultivar names I don't get hung up on. I've several...which came to me unidentified other than Japanese maple. It didn't deter my love of any of them.

Just enjoy it. You've a nice little Japanese maple there.

 

[Deleted member 49943]

Thanks yall. Standard JM treatment it is.

 

[Deleted member 49943]

We had a storm and I lost a large branch. Should I remove the rest?

 

[Cadillactaste]

I see no reason to. I would seal that broken fresh wound. With cut paste...or wood glue or something.

 

[Deleted member 49943]

I see no reason to. I would seal that broken fresh wound. With cut paste...or wood glue or something.

Questions about cut paste, why not just let it heal naturally?

 

[Cadillactaste]

Questions about cut paste, why not just let it heal naturally?

Keeps disease out and allows for it to heal.

 

[SouthernMaple]

I got a nice maple from a guy no idea what type but it's hurting. I'd love to know the varieties. All I know is it's japanese and varigated. The last pic is of when I got it 4 months ago mid summer down here.

there are so called experts on here that claim you cannot ID a maple by looking at pictures. There are also some of us that can and make it a habit to do so as our jobs as growers depend on it. Just by looking at your tree I can tell it is not standard Japanese Maple. From the little information that I have, does it get brown spot in the late summer? if so it could be Akane, which is a very beautiful variety, very hard to grow from cutting or layers though and sensitive to full sun like most of the yellow varieties are. My standard JM are very tolerant of full sun.

If you would like to know more about the varieties, there are two books you should seek out, one is pretty available in most libraries and its JD Vertrees book on Japanese maple, the other is almost impossible to find but it is called "Book for Maples" by Masayoshi Yano.

I hope you have good success with your maple and you keep it alive.

 

[Shibui]

We had a storm and I lost a large branch. Should I remove the rest?

That branch appears to still be well attached and there's plenty of wood still in contact with the trunk to keep it alive if you want to try to keep it. I would just cut the jagged stump clean at an angle then seal it and cross fingers. If the branch doesn't survive you can cut lower then.
Sealing helps keep out disease but also promotes healing. I've done trials that show much quicker callusing of wounds when I use a wound dressing.