Acer Palmatum Ornatum

I have seen those beautiful photo of the Japanese Maple from Portland's Japanese Garden.  Two that were striking bright Orange my favorites but I like them all.  Ever since I saw those photos and also a youtube video showing those amazing cascade style sea of orange, I wanted in my collection.   But alas, nobody actually know for sure what kind are those.  I think after some major digging, those turned out:  Acer Palmatum Ornatum variety.    Anyway, I started to look for them everywhere but what I found was some bad news.  Due to lesser demands, there aren't a lot of Oranatum out there.   I started to reach out to various maple vendors and previous contacts.   I even contacted the Portland Japanese Garden and they gave me some links, references.  Finally one of my previous maple suppler told me about a plant he had in his collection that's probably the kind I'm looking for.  Anyway, I am not sure if this is the same kind or not, the important thing is that I like this color a lot.   Over the years, with good care, this may look very fascinating.

Where are they now

So I haven't had much time to play with those Miyasama Trident I bought.  Actually I planned on number of things, that ended up not working out.  I planted one on the ground and kept one in a pot over a small rock (my kid found it during our FL vacation).  Rock is not large enough, but I figured what the heck.

Honestly, I haven't kept them in the best of condition they deserve.  I am surrounded by clay soil and poor watering condition, so they didn't grow as thick as one would hope.  At any rather, each season, they shoot out quite a bit of growth that I had to trim closer to Spring.

Anyway, this is how they look today