Vadim S

armedbiggiet

Vadim,

Where did you get your Aflame? this one looks like the kind they collected from the wild.

Vadim S

From Poland, 7-8 years ago.
Now in Russia supplies from Thailand (Aquatic plant centre), do differ green stem, more like Echinodorus x barthii

marrow

Looks sort of like a slightly darker version of E. Midfleur.

mrkookm

armedbiggiet mentioned in an earlier post that there are different cultivars floating around and I can't help but notice that mine is very different from the other 2 shown here. The cultivar I have did come from Taiwan and differs from the the beautiful specimen Vadim S posted or that armedbiggiet whose plants looks like a typical sword. The one I have is different in regards to the overall size, leaves, the distinct leaf curl and color differences.

armedbiggiet

My leafs do shape like yours mrkookm! But the color are lighter cause I did not feed them enough.

prBrianpr

maybe diferent species.
I want one of those, where i can found that?

armedbiggiet

PM me.

armedbiggiet

I wish I can get some from poland to see it in person.

Zezmo

I picked up one of these from a local Store in September. What an amazingly Dark color it has, nearly black. The leaves looked mostly like emersed growth when I picked it up.

There were maybe, six 3" ovoid leaves, with about 4" petioles. It was probably mostly converted to submersed growth when I bought it because it started throwing up submersed leaves a couple weeks after I planted it. Still that deep black/red but the leaf form is larger, and getting larger with every leaf.

The old "emersed" leaves are on their last legs and look more grayish than green, so I will probably trim those in the next few days.

So for those who have been growing this plant for a while, how big does this sword get?

I am growing it in 4yr old Aquasoil, at about 3.6wpg, CO2, Autodoser etc. I also packed the roots with a couple Root Tabs. There are a couple comments about it being sensitive or difficult..is it? How much so? Sensitive to what?