De_fishie Posted November 6, 2013 Report Share Posted November 6, 2013 Hi all, could you please help identify what plant I have here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yodapwnsasmurf Posted November 6, 2013 Report Share Posted November 6, 2013 I think it's some type of Sword? Broad Leaf Sword? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluebelle Posted November 6, 2013 Report Share Posted November 6, 2013 Echinodorus amazonicus, also known as amazon sword plant. Comes in various leaf shapes, also changes shape in different environments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mthom211 Posted November 7, 2013 Report Share Posted November 7, 2013 It doesn't look like E. amazonicus to me, but definetly an Echinodorus species or hybrid. Their care is essentially the same across the genus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
De_fishie Posted November 7, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2013 Oh thank you. I thought it looked like a sword but the guy I got it from said it wasn't, but he didn't know what it was. He mentioned that he had it in high light and that was why it grew shorter and that in low light it would grow taller. Does that sound right? It has a rhizome, do I plant the roots but leave that out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mthom211 Posted November 7, 2013 Report Share Posted November 7, 2013 That sounds about right. You can plant the roots and the rhizome, the white bit at the bottom of the leaves would be where the substrate used to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
De_fishie Posted November 7, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2013 Ah yes I see. Excellent, thanks for the info! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
