Echinodorus cordifolius

• Light requirements: medium-very high
• Temperature: 22-28 °C
• Hardness tolerance: soft-hard
• pH tolerance: 6-8
• Growth: medium
• Demands: medium

Echinodorus cordifolius (marble queen) (family Alismataceae) is a varigated  form of the plain green cordifolius. This is most probably a natural mutation  which has been noticed and brought into cultivation. Because the leaves are  varigated this plant demands more light than a plain green plant to maintain  its growth, as there is not as much chlorophyll in the cream parts of the  leaf. This lack of chlorophyll will also make the plant slightly slower growing  than a plain green plant.(E. cordyfolius is a fast growing Echinodorus species).

Habitat

This is an aquatic emergent plant. It has very high moisture needs; suitable for bogs and water gardens.