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01-30-2008, 08:47 AM
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#21 (permalink)
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Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Bandung, Indonesia
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Plant Points: 7400 |  Re: Echinodorus "red diamond"
Hi Tex Gal,
It's only 30cm in height. Yes, lucky me to get this plant very red. Usually, I can't get this bright red coloration.  I plant them in my 9000L outdoor aquatic plant garden using sunlight.. The media is soil, Osmocote, Wonder Gro Root+, and Jobe's Aquatic Plant..
Regards,
Jeffrey | 
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01-30-2008, 09:58 AM
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#22 (permalink)
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Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Nottingham, UK
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Plant Points: 63900 | Re: Echinodorus "red diamond"
I must move mine somewhere to get better growth out of it! Yours looks 20 times better than my sorry one! | |
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01-30-2008, 03:48 PM
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#23 (permalink)
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Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Joshua, TX
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iTrader Positive Rating: 100% Plant Points: 324875 |  Re: Echinodorus "red diamond"
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Originally Posted by ragn4rok  Hi Tex Gal,
It's only 30cm in height. Yes, lucky me to get this plant very red. Usually, I can't get this bright red coloration. I plant them in my 9000L outdoor aquatic plant garden using sunlight.. The media is soil, Osmocote, Wonder Gro Root+, and Jobe's Aquatic Plant..
Regards,
Jeffrey | Hashbaz - That is the same size as my Kleiner Bar sword which has red on the new growth. It might be an alternative to this plant since it is much cheaper and easier to find.  | |
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01-30-2008, 06:05 PM
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#24 (permalink)
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Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Austin, TX
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Plant Points: 5800 | Re: Echinodorus "red diamond"
Of course this reminds me of when Kleiner Bars first appeared. They were about the same price as the red diamond. You could only find them in auctions for a while, and then when stores started getting them, they were still expensive. It was the same way with Red Flames many moons ago.
My bet is that it will be the same way for red diamond. I remember looking for the veronika sword several years ago and reading about them on the AGA email subscriptions (I think that is where it was)
Can't wait to see this plant in person some day.
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01-31-2008, 08:55 AM
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#25 (permalink)
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Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Bandung, Indonesia
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Plant Points: 7400 | Re: Echinodorus "red diamond"
Not always red diamond can grow this bright red leaves coloration.  If you look at my picture again and see the neighboring yellow leaves Echinodorus, that's also E. red diamond (IMO, lower grade).. Both plants are from Tropica. | |
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03-27-2008, 11:52 AM
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#26 (permalink)
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Join Date: Nov 2004
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iTrader Positive Rating: 97% Plant Points: 14600 | Re: Echinodorus "red diamond"
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Originally Posted by ragn4rok Not always red diamond can grow this bright red leaves coloration. If you look at my picture again and see the neighboring yellow leaves Echinodorus, that's also E. red diamond (IMO, lower grade).. Both plants are from Tropica. |
Looking at the plant on the left, looks like there is a lot lesser light for that particular sword, maybe try to space it out more. This plant is lovely, wish we had more rarer oddities like this available in the US. Here are updated pictures of mine. | |
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03-28-2008, 04:33 PM
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#27 (permalink)
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Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Houston
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Plant Points: 2400 | Re: Echinodorus "red diamond"
looks like a dried up amazon... | |
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03-29-2008, 02:14 PM
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#28 (permalink)
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Join Date: Nov 2004
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iTrader Positive Rating: 97% Plant Points: 14600 | Re: Echinodorus "red diamond"
Don't worry, I'll grow it out some and better | |
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04-01-2008, 11:09 AM
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#29 (permalink)
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Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Boston, Ma
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iTrader Positive Rating: 97% Plant Points: 78850 | Re: Echinodorus "red diamond"
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Originally Posted by StrungOut Don't worry, I'll grow it out some and better | congrats on the sword. propagate it out and spread it around the APC community theres plenty of people that would love to get their hands on this sword. took me FOREVER to find my red diamond | |
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04-03-2008, 08:47 PM
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#30 (permalink)
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Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Miami Florida
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iTrader Positive Rating: 100% Plant Points: 3900 | Re: Echinodorus "red diamond"
I bought this one on Aquabid labeled as Indian Red Sword. Do you think this might be one in the same? If so, there are more available!  | |
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