Amazon Sword
Echinodorus bleheri
Aquatic Plants Difficulty: Moderate
📖 About this plant
One of the most popular freshwater aquarium plants, prized for its large, sword-shaped bright green leaves that form an elegant rosette. A vigorous grower that serves as an excellent background plant in aquascapes. Its broad leaves also provide shelter for fish and fry.
🧑🌾 Care requirements
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Light
Moderate to bright light
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Water
Submerged in aquarium
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Humidity
N/A (fully aquatic)
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Temperature
22-28°C
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Soil
Aquatic planting soil or nutrient-rich loam in pots, or fine gravel substrate for aquarium use
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Fertilizer
Root tabs every 4-6 weeks, liquid aquarium fertilizer weekly for submerged plants
📋 Plant facts
- 🌍 Origin
- Amazon River Basin, Brazil, South America
- 📏 Max height
- 30-50 cm
- 📐 Spread
- 30-60 cm
- 🕰️ Bloom time
- Summer
- 🎨 Bloom color
- White
- 🍃 Foliage color
- Green
- ⏳ Lifespan
- Perennial
- 📈 Growth rate
- Moderate
- ☠️ Toxicity
- Non-toxic to fish and humans
- 🌱 Propagation
- Adventitious plantlets on flower stalks, division of root crown
🛡️ Health & Safety
🐾 Pet safe
✅ Non-toxic
Non-toxic to fish and humans
Common issues
- Melting leaves when moved to new conditions, Nutrient deficiency causes yellowing leaves, Snails eating holes in leaves
💡 Care tips
- Grows large so position toward the back of the aquarium,Plant in nutrient-rich aquarium substrate for best growth,Roots benefit from root tabs placed near the base,Sword-shaped leaves create a striking background display
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