Flame Sword
Echinodorus 'Green Flame'
Survival dashboard
Medium
Added CO₂ beneficial
20–28 °C
5–7
Aquascaping
Substrate compatibility does not specify planting depth. Follow the care instructions below, especially for exposed rhizomes and crowns.
Trim schedule (hint)
Check growth regularly. Trim or thin when shoots crowd neighbors, reach the surface, or shade lower growth.
Description
Flame Sword reached the market in 2000, selected by Hans Barth of Dessau from a population of Echinodorus 'Red Flame'. It is filed as Echinodorus 'Green Flame', and that is the cultivar described here: submersed leaves that are longish-oval with paler red spots on a greener ground, as against the deeper red of 'Red Flame' itself. It grows 30 to 40 cm tall.
For a sword of that size it asks for very little. The working range is 20 to 28 °C, pH 5 to 7, and only moderate light, and growth is quick enough that feeding matters more than lighting. Old outer leaves are worth cutting away to keep the centre open. Its tolerance for carbonate hardness is unusually wide, 0 to 21 °dKH, so it settles into soft and hard tap water alike, and it accepts anything from medium to high light. It works as a background, midground or specimen plant, and it also grows emersed and is suited to ponds.
Source
Further reading on identification and aquarium care.
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