Echinodorus Rose Potted

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Rose Sword is a beautiful mid- or background plant and an excellent choice for beginners. It produces wide, oblong leaves with striation and a wavy texture, in colors from pink to greenish-brown. New leaves emerge pink or bronze and darken to green as they mature. Skill Level Easy CO2 Not Required Requires Aqua Soil Not required, but recommended — heavy root feeder Type Rooted Max Height 10-20" Placement Midground to background Light Level Low to Moderate (approx. 20-60 PAR — higher light brings out more leaf color) Origin Tropical Western Hemisphere Other Emersed plants produce flowers that seed into the substrate; submersed plants propagate through runners, which can be trimmed to control spread. Care & Planting: Remove from the pot and root wool before planting into a nutrient-rich 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. Show more