obviously you must contact the seller...You are right there is nothing on this plant anywhere i've looked. It might be the sellers own name for a seed grown variety he/she has since propagated.If it were me with all the other known varieties with good descriptions and info available i'd pass !!! D

It is a new selection offerred out of Buchholz and Buchholz Nursery in Oregon. Many of that sellers plants are liners that are bought from this nursery and resold. The plant looks like a seedling selection, but I would not say attractive. Mr. Sun is registered name with RHS, but other than that, there is not much. The pictures the seller uses for most all of his maples are worthless, as a photo of the new growth on a liner-sized plant tells us nothing.

Buy if you like, but there are probably plenty of other proven maples you should buy first. Wait until someone posts a few photos of a mature stock plant.

MJH

Thanks for the info. I have seen Buchholz most recent liner list but didn't notice it was on there. I'll check to see if they have a picture of there stock plant and if it looks nice I will try to post it. I was hoping the plant was Like a Green Trompenburg with compressed grown or Mikawa Yatsubusa with convex leaves. David

David,

A seedling selection from Green Trompenburg would be my initial guess, but I hesitate to make that statement before seeing a larger plant. So I suppose, if the leaves in the auction photo tell the truth, we would have a wider more rounded leaf with more lobes--not as deeply divided. It would be my guess that this plant would have both unimpressive spring and fall color.
There is no photo of it in the Buchholz liner catalog (they offer only the cover photos and no descriptions) and it is not photographed in either of the Buchholz photo texts. It is possible that it did not originate with Buchholz, but that it is just be introduced by them.

I will email them and see if I can get a photo.
MJH

Please use the following link to view two photos of the plant and a brief description posted in the UBC Photo Gallery with permission from Buchholz & Buchholz Nursery.

Origin of the plant was not provided. I might reserve the thought that it is a seedling selection from Green Trompenberg. The two photos are large enough that if you save them to your hard drive you could zoom in a bit for a closer view. Both photos are subject to heavy lighting from the sun giving a very favorable color.

MJH

Here is a link that might be useful: Acer palmatum 'Mr. Sun'

Thanks for the link, its a much better picture than the liner picture I saw. I does look interesting to me but I might question if it is straight palmatum. Maybe x Japonicum, shirasawanum or sieboldianum? I like the Sode No Uchi i have and this maybe similar but different enough to warrant trying.
While we are talking Asian maples does anyone know much about Acer Takesimense. I have itand also like it but can find little info on it other that what is in Maples for Gardens. David