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Echinodorus 'Oriental' Mother plant

$26.95 USD
by Nature Aquariums
Type: AQUARIUM PLANTS

Echinodorus 'Oriental' is an excellent sword plant hybrid that displays bright pink new leaves. Hybridized by Oriental Aquarium in Singapore, it's a popular aquarium plant worldwide, best used in the mid-to-background areas of the tank. This is a large "Mother Plant" specimen.

Skill Level Easy
CO2 Optional (recommended for best color)
Requires Aqua Soil Not required, but recommended — heavy root feeder
Type Rooted
Max Height 12-20"+
Placement Mid-background
Light Level Medium (approx. 40-80 PAR)
Origin Hybrid (South American parentage)
Other "Mother Plant" designation means this is a large, mature specimen rather than a separate species — a good centerpiece for larger tanks.

Care & Planting: Remove from the pot and root wool before planting into a nutrient-rich substrate; heavy root feeder, supplement with root tabs if using an inert substrate.

A note on "melting": Like most Amazon Swords and Cryptocoryne species, this plant is farm-grown emersed (above water). When you first submerge it, don't be alarmed if the original leaves die back over the first few weeks — this is called melting, and it's a normal part of the transition, not a sign the plant is failing. Emersed leaves are built for air and only have stomata on their underside; once submerged, the plant sheds them in favor of new underwater leaves with stomata on both sides, better suited to absorbing CO2 from the water. New submersed growth typically appears within a few weeks.