Echinodorus uruguayensis

Echinodorus uruguayensis (family Alismataceae) is a very variable plant  with narrow dark green almost transparent looking leaves. When the plant is  doing well it can form many leaves to make an excellent specimen plant. This  plant needs a rich substrate with allot of clay to get good growth CO₂ will  also help considerably. When Echinodorus uruguayensis is grown emersed it  flowers profusely in the summer time and produces many small plants on the  stout flower stalks. these need to be rooted before separating them from the  parent plant.

It is a very beautiful solitary plant for large aquariums. The leaf length and width vary considerably.

• Height: 20-55+ cm
• Width: 10-30 cm
• Light requirements: medium-very high
• Temperature: 15-26 °C
• Hardness tolerance: soft-hard
• pH tolerance: 5-8
• Growth: medium
• Demands: easy

Habitat

This is an aquatic emergent plant. It has very high moisture needs; suitable for bogs and water gardens. It will bloom readily if grown emersed, but takes a while to form a new set of emersed leaves. This change from submerse to emersed growth is best done gradually.