Post by guppyguy on Mar 3, 2014 20:06:54 GMT -5
This is my favorite sword plant and a very beautiful one. It is usually used as a center or focal plant in the aquarium. It can grow to 16 inches in height and has light green, and arched leaves which are 3/4 inches wide. They have long narrow leaf blades.
This plant is often confused with Echinodorus bleheri which is the more common of the two plants. It likes medium bright light, warm water and a medium fine gravel bed. Propagation is by adventitious roots or by runner. It prefers a pH of 6.5-7.2 and a temp of 74-82 degrees F.
Like most Echinodorus species, it grows well both submersed and emersed. This plant will produce runner stalks where plantlets form along the nodes. Once roots form on the plantlets, they can be gently wiggled off the runner and planted. Be careful not to break or damage the runner as more plantlets will grow on the same runner in a few months!
The original "mother" plant tends to drop many of its larger leaves when it starts developing runners and results in a smaller but still very attractive plant.
This plant is often confused with Echinodorus bleheri which is the more common of the two plants. It likes medium bright light, warm water and a medium fine gravel bed. Propagation is by adventitious roots or by runner. It prefers a pH of 6.5-7.2 and a temp of 74-82 degrees F.
Like most Echinodorus species, it grows well both submersed and emersed. This plant will produce runner stalks where plantlets form along the nodes. Once roots form on the plantlets, they can be gently wiggled off the runner and planted. Be careful not to break or damage the runner as more plantlets will grow on the same runner in a few months!
The original "mother" plant tends to drop many of its larger leaves when it starts developing runners and results in a smaller but still very attractive plant.
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