Can You Identify This Plant?

Empharand on 08/04/2022 - 19:59
Last edited 08/04/2022 - 23:47

Hi all,

Happy Friday! Hope you're all well.

Could I please request the assistance of any plant enthusiasts and/or plant nurseryman or nurserywoman.

Long story short I ordered some Dracaena trifasciata (Snake Plant) seeds online from an international website, received them a few weeks ago, the seeds were in a sealed plastic bag with no labeling or writing but I didn't think much of it.

Planted them as per the Dracaena trifasciata instructions on Google.
Upon germination it became clear to me that they weren't the seeds I ordered. I emailed the company I ordered them from and they issued a full refund via PayPal and didn't respond. As a result I have no idea what seeds they sent me. Their site contains hundreds if not thousands of different plant seeds so it would take hours to click on each listing and scroll through the photos to try and identify the plant.

Could you please help me identify what this plant is?
Please refer to the following photo

It appears to be young and not fully grown yet but I was hoping that someone may know.

Thank you in advance.

Update: Thank you to everyone that responded. There were valid points made in the comments about the seeds possibly being malicious that could hurt and/or damage our environment. I'm going to put this plant to death shortly using weed killer concentrate, I'll mix a strong dose to ensure that all remnants of the plant and seeds are destroyed. As the weed killer will take time to fully kill the plant I'll keep it confined until it's declared dead and will dispose of it appropriately to ensure it can't regenerate.

Update 2: The plant in question has been doused in a heavy dose of weed killer (via Weed Killer concentrate). The remaining seeds (kept in my office) were doused in ethanol and ignited. Both have been isolated from the outside world to prevent any potential pollination or spread and will be kept isolated for approx 3 weeks to ensure the weed killer concentrate has killed the plant and any remaining ungerminated seedlings

Thank you for your advice and recommendations.

Home & Garden Gardening Plant

Comments

  • Godric on 08/04/2022 - 20:02

    Google Lense

    • Empharand on 08/04/2022 - 20:05

      It appears to be giving a lot of conflicting results.

  • Hybroid on 08/04/2022 - 20:14
    -1

    Looks like a tomato. Is it fragrant? If not, just let it grow and surprise you.

  • Muzeeb on 08/04/2022 - 20:17
    +4

    I can tell you what it isn't.

  • AndyC1 on 08/04/2022 - 20:30
    +1

    Its a baby plant.

  • trustnoone on 08/04/2022 - 20:35
    +5

    international website
    I have no idea what seeds they sent me

    Just a heads up, many seeds are illegal to bring to Australia, so might want to be a little careful with them until you find out what they are.

    They note:

    If you receive seeds in the mail that you didn’t order you should secure the goods by making sure the package is closed so that the seeds cannot leak out, and report it on 1800 798 636 or via the online form awe.gov.au/report
    https://www.awe.gov.au/biosecurity-trade/import/goods/plant-…

  • amzinguserman on 08/04/2022 - 20:45
    +2

    there is a reddit group for this.
    https://www.reddit.com/r/whatsthisplant/

  • websterp on 08/04/2022 - 20:53
    +4

    I ordered some Dracaena trifasciata (Snake Plant) seeds online from an international website.

    I would be more concerned about importing foreign seeds into Australia undeclared.

  • djones145 on 08/04/2022 - 21:01
    +1

    step on it, don't water it. abuse it. burn it
    if it's survives it's a weed

  • Transient on 08/04/2022 - 21:14
    +1

    Triffid

  • Benoffie on 08/04/2022 - 21:27
    +1

    Eat it.

    If you die, let us know that it was poisonous.

  • elgrande on 08/04/2022 - 21:32
    -2

    it would take hours to click on each listing and scroll through the photos to try and identify the plant.

    ..

    Could you please help me identify what this plant is?

  • c64 on 08/04/2022 - 21:38

    were you eating whipped cream when you planted the seeds?

  • pegaxs on 08/04/2022 - 21:42
    +5

    Nice. Ordering seeds from over seas and planting these random seeds and getting random plants that you do or don’t know their environmental issues. It could be highly invasive and/or poisonous.

    My suggestion is you pull it out before it has a chance to go to seed and you destroy it. Then stop ordering seeds off some company that ships seeds from anywhere in the world. Next time it could be a fine from border control.

    • Empharand on 08/04/2022 - 22:00
      -1

      True I didn't see it like this, wasn't even aware that shipping seeds that could cause environmental issues was a thing.
      I ordered them from a reputable website, they do have reviews on Google but obviously in this day and age they could be faked.
      If border patrol come knocking I can support that I didn't have ill intentions by showing them the receipt details and store information that clearly says what I ordered. I will save the page information and photos just encase the website is taken offline.

      You do bring up valid points though so I will take you advice and kill it…. I have weed killer concentrate so I'll mix a heavy dose to ensure it's 100% dead before disposing of the soil to ensure it doesn't regrow.

      • gimli on 09/04/2022 - 13:19

        I wouldn't have thought about it either tbh. (Was actually thinking of ordering some chillis from overseas but maybe will give it a miss)
        Although in retrospect pretty obvious when you think about all the quarantine restrictions at the international airport haha.

  • RED27APPLE on 08/04/2022 - 21:48
    +1

    Try PictureThis - Plant Identifier
    https://apps.apple.com/au/app/picturethis-plant-identifier/i…

  • Empharand on 08/04/2022 - 22:38
    +8

    Update to all: The plant in question has been doused in a heavy dose of weed killer. The remaining seeds (kept in my office) were doused in ethanol and ignited. Both have been isolated from the outside world to prevent any potential pollination or spread and will be kept isolated for approx 3 weeks to ensure the weed killer concentrate has killed the plant and any remaining ungerminated seedlings

    Thank you for your advice and recommendations.

    • WreckTangle on 09/04/2022 - 11:54
      -1

      Did you start a fire in your office?

  • moph on 09/04/2022 - 13:40
    +1

    Seems like you've solved the problem rather violently, but the seedlings were something from the family Solanaceae, probably one of the nightshades (genus Solanum). This is the family that contains many useful things like tomatoes, capsicum, eggplants, as well as drugs and toxins like tobacco, datura, and deadly nightshade. They can be weedy but a lot of them are already established in Australia so you probably didn't need to react so strongly, but good on you for protecting our biosecurity.

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