Rosettes, Bulbs, and Ground Cover Plants
Osiris Sword
Echinodorus osiris
Photo: 阿橋 HQ · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature18–26 °C
- pH6–7.5
- Adult size50 cm
- Difficulty★★☆☆☆
- WaterFresh
Full profile
- Family
- Alismataceae
- Origin
- Southern Brazil
- Size
- 30 – 50 cm
- Temperature
- 18 – 26°C
- pH
- 6.0 – 7.5
- GH
- 2 – 15 °dGH
- Difficulty
- ★★☆☆☆
- Light
- average
- CO2
- Not required
- Fertilization
- average (iron for the color red)
- Growth
- medium
- Position
- background
- Propagation
- seedlings on the flower stalk
Notes: Young leaves are reddish at first and turn green as they mature. A striking, solitary plant.
