[ID] Tridents or Liquid Ambers?

[Aquaman]

Hi

I introduced myself in The Bonsai Cafe and posted some pics of what I thought were Liquid Amber seedlings.

Boics suggested that they might be Trident Maples, so I thought I would post some "better" pics here and hope you can ID them.

Tree 1 - I believe this is a Liquid Amber because the leaves are large and some have five points:


Tree 1 - Leaf close up:


Tree 2 - This is the suspect Trident:


Tree 2 - Leaf close up:


Would be interested to hear your thoughts.

Cheers.

[Bougy Fan]

I believe they are LA - I am swayed more by the trunk than the leaves

[Josh]

I believe they are LA - I am swayed more by the trunk than the leaves

I second that

Josh

[DustyRusty]

Tree 1= LA
Tree 2= Trident Maple

[lakepipes]

I agree with Dusty.

1 LA and 2 Trident.

[kcpoole]

Tree 1= LA
Tree 2= Trident Maple

I agree

Ken

[Boics]

You know my thoughts.

But to elaborate on what I see here.
Check out both leaves, trunk and in particular note the different way that the leaves come off the trunk.
#1 parts staggered while #2 parts the trunk evenly in pairs.

These are two different trees.

LA and trident IMO.

[Aquaman]

Thanks for all the feedback everyone.

Its seems we all agree that Tree 1 is a Liquid Amber.

On closer inspection its clear that Tree 2 is not the same, so I can only assume its a Trident. I didn't plant anything else in this batch.

I like them all so I will keep growing and enjoying them.

Cheers.