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The Leaf Challenge

Post by alpineart »

Hi People , here is a few leaves from my garden , the trees look great with their new foliage . Here's a simple challenge ,
Can you identify them ,
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Not sure on some names but is this any of them Alpineart ?, :? Craig
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hi mate :D

good thread!

first two are liquid amber, next two are varieties of japanese maple, not sure of the first but the second I would say autropurpeum (spelling?). next is oak,
next two after that I beleive are varieties of japanese maple, not sure of the varieties. after that I would say london plane tree, next not sure, next chinese trident? normal trident, and japanese red maple :D

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Top right looks like I would expect the leaf of Acer campestre the field maple to be. Many beautiful varieties of A. palmatum and A. buergerianum you have there alpine.
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top left- L.A orientalis?
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Hi Fella's , i will let it run until Tuesday night then i will add names .Cheers Alpine
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mongrel :evil: :lol: :lol: No, your not really. Mate, that's a really interesting topic especially considering what you told me about the seeds.

I'm really interested in that third one - second row. That one looks weird :shock:
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gday Taffy :D

if that third one second row is plane tree like I think it is, they do grow up here. I have one and it is growing happily for the past year I have had it :D
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Reddish one row 2 number 2 -acer palmatum dissectum
Second last- (trident) acer buergerianum
Last- acer palmatum japonica
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Well well well, i got more responses from the local school children at the show .Thanks for the guys that replied 5% are willing have a stab in the dark . Next time i may have to offer a bribe :cry: Cheers
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row 3 col 1 - senkaki

row 2 col 6 - trident
row 2 col 5 - ? - really dnt know. lol
row 2 col 4 -? ash ????? acer tataricum?????? - not sure
row 2 col 3 - ginnala? ruburn? - not sure
row 2 col 2 - ever red or red dragon
row 2 col 1 - Dissectum Seiryu... upright dissectum? looks a little too fat to be a weeping one. lol

row 1 col 5 - campestre
row 1 col 4 - Atropurpureum
row 1 col 3 - acer palmatum
row 1 col 2 - pseudoplatanus
row1 col 1 - norway maple? sugar maple?
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alpine.

you are making me going nuts. hahaha i wan to know all the name and if the one i named are correct. lol
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Hi Dumper , mate this is about the challenge , and the fun of researching Bonsai material .All these are in some sort of training for Bonsai .Research can produce results and we must remember that google searches aren't always correct .I have researched every plant i have 10's of 1000's of hours have been spent on trying to I.D trees over the last 40years , long before google started . This is just a Hobby that i am passionate about , Bonsai actually came about as a result of researching pines .I was and probably still am a "hacker and chopper" but i research the plants first . Cheers Alpine
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lol

i'll wait for the result on thursday

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row 1. 1.acer platanoides(norway maple) 2.acer pseudoplatanus(sycamore maple) 3.acer palmatum(senkaki?) 4.acer palmatum(bloodgood) 5.acer camestre(field maple)
row 2. 1.acer japonicum(acanitafolium) 2.acer palmatum dissectum(atropurpureum) 3.acer sikkinense/davidii. 4.acer cretagafolium. 5. acer wardii 6. Acer buergerianum(trident) last.acer palmatum(Japanese maple) :?: :)
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