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Echinodorus schlueteri 'Leopard' is a
beautiful variety of Echinodorus schlueteri. It arose from an Echinodorus
schlueteri culture at the Hans Barth nursery i Dessau, Germany.
The leaves are egg-shaped with a heart-shaped basis. The blade is freckled
with numerous red-brownish spots, an effect which is enhanced by high light.
The spots are most conspicuous on the young leaves but they are often
maintained on the older too in contrast to Echinodorus schlueteri. The
plant prefers a nutrient rich substrate and high light and the growth also
benefits from CO enrichment of the
water. It is reproduced by daughter plants set on the inflorescence or by
dividing the rhizome. Commercially, it is reproduced in tissue cultures.
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