Succulent seedling ID please

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  1. Selleri

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    These seedlings seem to be doing well but I can't remember what they are! No idea where I bought the seeds from (Etsy is possible, or one of those tempting succulent webshops), and I know they are a "mix".

    Thank you!

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    pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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    Wouldn't be something like carpobrotus would they ?
    Possibly Lampranthus.
     
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        I seem to remember that these are solitary plants rather than carpet forming. Monilaria is close, but too thin (but they look awfully funny, might have to get some seeds... :biggrin: )
         
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        Surely that depends on how thickly the seeds are sown.
        Try this image
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        monilaria seedlings - Recherche Google
        Your image trimmed.

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          Looks a bit like an aloe
           
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            pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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            I was going by the triangular cross section.
             
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            The stems are indeed triangular with sides, not round. I know the plant is something I hadn't seen before so Aloe is not it. It's a houseplant, not hardy.

            I rummaged through my seedbox where I keep empty bags of things whose name I tend to forget, but nothing looked right.

            Some more (bad) photos to show the shape:
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            Oh and the seedlings don't grow as a spreading lump, it's just that the seeds were small and difficult to spread evenly :redface:
             
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            Its always difficult I think because seedlings can often look very different to the adult plant.
             
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              I'd wait for them to get bigger and then maybe they'd be easier to identify.
               
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                An update- the plantlets haven't flowered and are not forming stems or side shoots. They seem to form a new pair of leaves and then the old ones die down.


                They are actually awfully nice tiny plants, I wish I could put a name to them (and then promptly forget again... :biggrin: )
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