Echinodorus cordifolius 'Tropica Marble Queen'
- Large solitary plant with variegated leaves
- Longish, heart-shaped leaves
- Easy and fast growing
- Also suitable as half-emersed plant in open tanks
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Description
'Tropica Marble Queen' is a variegated selection of Echinodorus cordifolius, the Creeping Burhead or "Radican Sword". Its longish ovate leaves with heart-shaped base show a pattern of darker and lighter green, also reddish patches. This variegation is more distinct in emersed than in submerged leaves. The emersed plant may get about 50 cm tall, the underwater stage has shorter leaves and petioles. The leaf blades reach a length of about 20 cm.
This Echinodorus is an easy, fast growing aquarium plant. It tolerates hard and alkaline water, but a nutrient-rich substrate and at least medium light intensity are beneficial. It has the tendency to grow out of the water with long-stalked aerial leaves. When these are cut off, shorter stalked submerged leaves may follow, but a full-grown, strong plant will continue to develop emersed foliage after a while. If this is not desired, the plant should be replaced by a young one. However, inflorescences with adventitious plantlets mainly appear on emersed specimens.
Echinodorus cordifolius 'Tropica Marble Queen' is a showy, large swordplant that can be used as solitary plant in the background to midground of larger tanks. Its tendency to grow out of the water is useful for open aquariums and tall paludariums where its variegated leaves and long, arching inflorescences with white flowers are an eyecatcher.
The spotted cultivated form Echinodorus cordifolius 'Tropica Marble Queen' belongs to the heart-leaved sword plant; a company in Singapore is given as its origin.123 Its mosaic of green and brown tones on the blade, which is cordate at the base, results from unequal amounts of chlorophyll in the leaf cells.12 It carries a virus that quickly spreads from emersed plants to water lilies and other plants with floating leaves and slows their growth; at first it had been thought to be a cross.1
Leaves grown submersed gradually lose contrast, while emersed ones remain more clearly spotted; young leaves may turn reddish brown in plenty of light owing to anthocyanins. (read more)
| Complete botanical name | Echinódorus cordifólius (L.) Griseb. |
| Family | Alismataceae |
| Genus | Echinodorus |
| Difficulty | easy |
| Usage | Midground |
| Height | 30 - 50cm |
| Width | 20 - 40cm |
| Growth | fast |
| pH value | 5 - 8 |
| Temperature tolerance | 5 - 30°C |
| Carbonate hardness | 0 - 21°dKH |
| General hardness | 0 - 30°dGH |
| Propagation | Proliferating inflorescences, Rhizome division, Splitting, cutting off daughter plants |
| Can grow emersed? | yes |
| Source | Flowgrow |
| Complete botanical name |
| Echinódorus cordifólius (L.) Griseb. |
| Family |
| Alismataceae |
| Genus |
| Echinodorus |
| Difficulty |
| easy |
| Usage |
| Midground |
| Height |
| 30 - 50cm |
| Width |
| 20 - 40cm |
| Growth |
| fast |
| pH value |
| 5 - 8 |
| Temperature tolerance |
| 5 - 30°C |
| Carbonate hardness |
| 0 - 21°dKH |
| General hardness |
| 0 - 30°dGH |
| Propagation |
| Proliferating inflorescences, Rhizome division, Splitting, cutting off daughter plants |
| Can grow emersed? |
| yes |
| Source |
| Flowgrow |
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General information
| Item no. |
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| EAN | 8712001020544 |
| Weight | 0,10 kg |
| Shipping weight | 0,10 kg |
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It came in perfect condition and all ready in quite big size (40+cm). At the moment no marble effect to see, but it has been in aquarium only for few days so lets see after a... (read more)
Sturdy plant with super beautiful markings as in the picture.
Delivery was very quick and the products well packed.
My expectations were met. Great
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schöne Pflanze
Kräftige Pflanze mit super schöner Zeichnung wie auf Abbildung.
Lieferung wie sehr zügig und Ware gut verpackt.
Meine Erwartungen wurden erfüllt. Super
The plant is very beautiful and special. Unfortunately, almost all of them were bent over on delivery. In the tank it then became a treat for the catfish.
Otherwise a great plant.
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Sehr schöne Pflanze
Die Pflanzen ist sehr schön und speziell. Leider sind bei der Lieferung fast alle abgeknickt. Im Becken war sie dann ein Leckerbissen für die Welse.
Pflanze ansonsten Top.
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