Echinodorus bleheri, a.k.a. Echinodorus paniculatus and Echinodorus pangeri, is another very beautiful, large Amazon sword plant and is ideally suited to the novice (or anyone) who wishes a large, easy to grow, ...
Echinodorus bleheri
COMMON NAME: Broad-leafed Amazon Sword Plant
SYN: Echinodorus paniculatus, E. ranyeri
FAMILY: Alismataceae
RANGE: Tropical South America
AQUASCAPE: Background specimen plant.
HEIGHT: To 20" (50 cm)
AH: From 20" (50 cm) ...
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Echinodorus bleheri
(Amazon Sword):
Excellent feature plant, needs room, responds well to regular pruning.
Cryptocoryne walkeri:
Plant in groups in the foreground, grows rapidly once established.
My Apongeton crispus were flowering, my Echinodorus bleheri were flowering -- I was on top of the world. Then it happened. A dark green algae started to cover some of the plants.
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This species was originally described (Rataj, 1970) as Echinodorus bleheri and the name was corrected by Dr. Rataj to E. bleherae although the original incorrect gender is still encountered.
Amazon Swordplant - Echinodorus bleheri - another large but very hardy plant, the Amazon Sword makes a great centerpiece for larger aquariums, but can be kept in smaller tanks with moderate lighting for quite some time.
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By Clint Norwood Photo Credit : Matthius Lettington Scientific Name: Echinodorus bleheri ...
Scavengers include Akanthopsis choiroryncus, Pterygoplichthys multiradiatus, Synodontis decorus and Synodontis multipunctatus. Plants include Hygrophila corymbosa, Anubia barteri, Anubia nana, Echinodorus bleheri and Cryptocorine willissii.
Old leaves that shed frequently and new "glassy" looking yellowish leaf buds are a sign that it is suffering from bad lighting or iron deficiency and liquid fertilizer should be added. The related Echinodorus bleheri is a related sword (also often ...
Amazon Swords (Echinodorus bleheri) also do well but I have find that they quickly get too large in a CO2 injected 10 gallon tank. Stay away from floating plants at first as they will tend to block out too much of the light needed by other plants.
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