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Echinodorus opacus

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Aquarium suitability: yes
Usage: Midground
Difficulty: medium
Growth: slow
See also: Echinodorus 'Apart' , Echinodorus portoalegrensis
Range and localities: 

Southeastern Brazil: Paraná and Santa Catarina


Availability [?]: 
  • rarely or not available commercially

Habit, plant type:

  • rosette
Botanical name [?]: Echinódorus opácus Rataj

Major group (unranked): Seed plants: Flowering plants (Angiosperms)
Order: Alismatales
Family: Alismataceae
Genus: Echinodorus

Description: 

(not yet translated into German)

References and further reading:
  1. Kasselmann, Christel (2001): Echinodorus. Die beliebtesten Aquarienpflanzen. - Ettlingen: Dähne Verlag GmbH: 130-132.
  2. Lehtonen, S. & Falck, D. (2011): Watery Varieties: aquarium plant diversity from aesthetic, commercial, and systematic perspectives. In: Aquino, J. C.: Ornamental Plants: Types, Cultivation and Nutrition. - Nova Science Pub Incorporated, 2011.
Light medium to high 
Temperature tolerance 8 to 27 °C
Optimum temperature 18 to 24 °C
pH value 5 to 7 
Nitrate (NO3-) 10 to 50 mg/l
Phosphate (PO43-) 0.1 to 3 mg/l
Potassium (K+) 5 to 30 mg/l
Iron (Fe) 0.01 to 0.5 mg/l

Growth: slow

Propagation: Proliferating inflorescences, Rhizomteilung, Splitting, cutting off daughter plants

Can grow emersed?: yes

Suited for outdoor cultivation / ponds: unknown

Winter hardiness: unknown

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