ECHINODORUS HORIZONTALIS

Name: Echinodorus horizontalis. 

Origin: Central America: Colombia, Venezuela and Peru. 

Morphology: Plant of leaves cordiformes, the coloration is of a clear green with trend to the clear brown. His size can arrive since the 40cm of height until the 15cm of width.

Maintenance: Need of a rich substrate in nutrients, with periodic subscriber, an average illumination, it is necessary to go carefully during his acclimatisation, since it is slow but once adapted is very resistant. 

                      PH: 6,5 - 7,5                                                  Temperature: 20 - 30 º C

Reproduction: Plant of difficult reproduction, propagates for stolons aerial.