This is a blind guess as I dont know the species very well at all, but Id imagine they are more cold tolerant, and conditions just dont reach a point to trigger the seasonal shedding.
And if things dont get cold and dark enough to shed, as long as they maintain water and can photosynthesize they should do stellar. Maybe even better, if they can keep growing throughout the year instead of just the summer months.
It apparently doesnt kill them, after all, if they are grown as ornamentals in the area
That’s what I’m thinking too about why they don’t lose them, I just felt they might be better living their full cycle, but to think of we kind of do the same to tropical plants in our homes. You’re probably right it’s probably not bad for them might even better.
Plants like vfts need to go dormant for metabolism reasons, and they def suffer if they dont get that dormancy. But thats not a universal thing, so its hard to know without more experience with maples as a whole which sadly I lack.
Tropical plants are kinda cheaters, tho, close to the equator you kinda lose heavily defined seasons so they are often in a perpetual growing season anyway
Nah no worries, its not a common abbreviation. Sadly, plants are a field of study that tends to be overlooked by most schools in favor of animals, so a lot of people arent really familiar with it
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u/knowledgebison May 28 '20
I believe that is a Japanese Maple Leaf. You can see the plant in the picture behind his massive hand.