Two of these things are not like the others

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Two of these things are not like the others

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Couple of imposters in this pot of Lithops marmorata seedlings. One is easy to spot, the other one harder. Extra kudos if you can guess what they are.
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No idea what they are I'm afraid but I'm finding a bunch more interlopers in my Lithops seedlings from one particular source. I think nearly half have one or more additional species in them!
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The plant on the left, and this is where I'm guessing, looks like there is some Pseudotruncatella involved. I'm going to be wrong here I think but the middle plant on the right of the picture is the other interloper. No idea what it is though.
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Has nobody spotted the second one yet? It is quite obvious when you see it, no guessing required.
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Took me a while to spot it. I guess it's the same as the bigger one?
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iann wrote: Fri Jul 03, 2020 10:31 am Has nobody spotted the second one yet? It is quite obvious when you see it, no guessing required.
Well hidden, had to have my ~~nothing~~ morning coffee first! It's pretty orange, looks different to the other imposter, but I know nothing about Lithops.

Edit: Clearly the morning coffee didn't kick in yet when I was writing this...
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The "easy to spot" is in the lower left and could be L. dinterops
The other is smaller and 2/3 rds up just above it a bit. Also L. dinterops but younger?
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The little diddy one above the obvious one
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Tina wrote: Fri Jul 03, 2020 12:51 pm The little diddy one above the obvious one
You mean the Lithops catlitteriana Tina 😀 Looks almost like it's evolved to disguise itself as a piece of "Tesco's finest" as they say!
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Lithops catlitteriana
you nearly had me their , that's an odd name-Duh.
Quite a good name for the little un
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