Echinodorus 'Digital Art'

Echinodorus 'Digital Art' is an Echinodorus hybrid that was selected by Tomas Kaliebe at the former nursery ZooLogiCa (Altlandsberg near Berlin).

Although it was given to a few aquarists for testing, it was not brought onto the market by the breeder. We do not know whether true-to-type Echinodorus 'Digital Art' is still in cultivation at present (2013).

The emersed leaves have petioles approx. 6-8 cm long and leaf blades approx. 10 cm long and 5-6 cm wide. The leaf shape is elliptic, the leaf tip blunt, the base slightly cordate. The base colour of the leaves is light to medium green. The midrib of the emersed leaves is marked brownish red (the colouring fades towards the tip), and on both sides of the midrib red blotches with straight edges form a mosaic-like pattern. New, emerging emersed leaves are reddish brown.

Submersed plants grow to approx. 10 cm tall and have lanceolate leaves, with rounded leaf bases and tips. The cultivar-typical leaf pattern is not developed under water; the leaves are then uniformly dark green.