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Haa damned slugs ! 

Well, apart from this mysterious plant, i have three seedlings of the cielo variety. Black caapi seeds haven't germinated yet but they indeed have a different shape from the cielo.

The mysterious aya (that is labeled as "white" on the vendor's site) started very big and hairy in life and twice the size of any caapi seedling since it's first day. The leaves have a leathery look and aren't as supple as caapi's. The color is of a darker kind of green. Somewhat like chaliponga (as i remember it when i saw it in Peru)...

I don't have any red seeds...

We are realy lucky to have access to such fascinating amazonian plants, even if the identification is sometimes difficult...thank you AJ !

Hey Zaka, i think that you did found the real identity of this mysterious plant. I Have one seedling from the same source and it is indeed very different from other Banisteriospsis plants right from the start...

The pictures on the link you provided convinced me that it is "Stigmaphyllon mathiasiae (Banisteriopsis mathiasiae)":

Flowers colors (yellow like on the picture of this vendor's site) and the unique seeds look and appearance when still on the mother plant.
On top of that the specimen of this herbarium was collected in Pucallpa.
Plus, this vendor admitted having made identification mistakes...

I don't think it could be Banisteriopsis muricata since B. muricata flowers are pink and have seeds that have the same appearance as the seeds of the "black" sold by the same source (it seems that the black ayahuasca may be properly identified then since black ayahuasca is said to be B.muricata).

Any update on your plants ? I loved the pictures, thank you for this interesting thread.