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Names
Scientific name
Echinodorus cordifolius
Echinodorus Cordifolius Harbich Rouge
Echinodorus fluitans
Echinodorus grandiflorus
Echinodorus Radican
Common name
Creeping burhead
Origin
Origin: North and Central America
Ideal fertilization
CO2: 10-40mg/l
Nitrates (NO3): 10-50mg/l
Phosphates (PO4): 0,1-3mg/l
Potassium (K): 5-30mg/l
iron (Fe): 0,01-0,5mg/l
Group
Alismataceae
Kind
Rhizome
Parameters
T°: 22 to 28°C or 72 to 82°F
pH: 6.5 to 7.5
Hardness: 3 to 12°dGH
Difficulty
Average
Lighting
Strong
Size
50 to 70 cm (20 to 28")
Plantation
Middle and background
Growth
Slow
Presentation
Presentation
Who is the Creeping burhead?
Particularly suitable for open aquariums, it will naturally immerse itself. In these conditions, it could even bloom. Its flowers are small and white.
Its growth is quite slow, with the production of one leaf per month.
Planting and maintenance
Planting and maintenance
How to plant and maintain the Creeping burhead?
Very greedy and given its size, Echinodorus cordifolius needs a fairly rich soil. Ideally, it will also provide a contribution of fertilizer and Co2.
If the leaves tarnish and wither, this is probably a lack of light.
Farming
Farming
How to farm the Creeping burhead?
Produces adventitious seedlings on the peduncle. Separate these young stems from the mother plant and replant them in nutrient-rich soil to promote root formation.
Good To know
Good To know
Find all additional information!
There are several varieties of this plant. Echinodorus Cordifolius Harbich and Red Harbich are much smaller than the parent species described here (maximum 30 cm or 12 inches). They also tend to grow in width. They will therefore be better suited to the foreground or backgroud of the aquarium.
Small anecdote: these two varieties are mutations obtained by chance in the greenhouses of farming of Echinodorus Cordifolius.
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