🌸 Bacopa salzmannii sp. Araguaia (‘Pink’)
Color-shifting stem plant for vibrant aquascapes
Bacopa salzmannii sp. Araguaia (‘Pink’) is a striking stem plant prized for its dynamic color transformation and clean, rounded leaf form. Grown emersed at our Aquarium Plants Factory nursery, it shows green foliage; once submerged, it develops light green to light orange tones that can deepen toward pink to purple under stronger light and dialed-in nutrients. This is a rare collector’s variety with fast growth and refined texture that stands out in mid-ground and background groupings.
🌟 Key Features
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Scientific Name: Bacopa salzmannii
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Common Name: Bacopa salzmannii ‘Pink’ (Araguaia)
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Color Shift: Emersed green ➝ submerged light green to light orange, pink, and purple highlights
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Leaf Shape: Roundish, slightly elliptical leaves for a soft, premium look
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Growth: Fast—readily forms lush bushes with routine trimming
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Placement: Midground / Background
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Rarity: Limited availability in the trade; a standout collector’s plant
🌱 Growth & Propagation
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Difficulty: Advanced
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Lighting: Medium – High (higher light = stronger pink/purple)
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CO₂: Required for best color and compact growth
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Nutrient Substrate: Required (root tabs or rich aquasoil recommended)
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Water Parameters: 72–82 °F (22–28 °C), pH 6.0–7.5
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Can Be Grown Emersed: Yes (emersed = green; submerged = color shift)
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Propagation: Easy by tip and side cuttings; replant trimmed tops to thicken stands
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Care Height (typical): 15–60 cm with trimming to shape
🖼️ Aquascaping Benefits
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Vibrant contrast against green backgrounds; brings warm tones to nature and Dutch layouts
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Rounded leaves add a softer texture between fine needles and broad swords
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Fast growth fills space quickly; ideal for color “bands” or accent bushes
🔎 Variant Note
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This Listing: Araguaia (‘Pink’)—emersed green; turns pink/purple after submersion.
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Also Available Separately: Bacopa salzmannii ‘Purple’ (Singapore/“Deep Purple”)—notable for retaining purple tones even emersed. See our separate listing.
📦 What You’ll Receive
Sold as loose fresh-cut plants, bunched plants, or potted plants:
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Fresh-Cut Plants: Approximately 6 individual, loose-cut stems without root
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Bunched Plants: Approximately 6 stems without root bundled with foam and a plant weight
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Potted Plants: Approximately 6 stems without root potted in rockwool and net pot
⚠️ Disclaimer
Pictures are representative. Color varies by lighting, CO₂, and nutrients. Some transit stress or leaf melt can occur; with stable conditions, fresh submerged growth rebounds quickly. Unless specified as tissue culture, we cannot guarantee plants are free of all pests or pesticides.
🚫 State Restrictions Notice ♻️ Be a Responsible Aquatic Plants Owner.
Certain aquatic plants may be restricted or regulated in some U.S. states. Always check your local and state regulations before purchasing or introducing plants into natural waterways. Never release aquarium plants into the wild.
Shipping Policy
At Aquarium Plants Factory, we carefully package and ship all orders to ensure plants and livestock arrive healthy and ready to thrive.
Order Processing Time
Most orders are processed within 1–2 business days after payment is received.
Orders placed on weekends or holidays will be processed on the next business day.
Orders containing out-of-stock, pre-order, or backorder items may require additional handling time.
Once your order ships, tracking information will be sent to your email.
Shipping Schedule
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Live plant orders ship Monday through Saturday when using United States Postal Service (USPS).
Most plant-only orders ship within 1–3 business days, excluding products that are out of stock, pre-order, or backorder.
Estimated USPS delivery time is 2–5 business days, depending on your location.
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We offer the following UPS expedited shipping options:
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Estimated delivery: 2 business days
Please note that UPS 2-Day Air® is not a guaranteed service in the event of carrier delays, weather disruptions, or operational issues.
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Handling time for live animal orders typically ranges from 1–5 business days, depending on:
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Weather conditions
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Livestock health
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Shipping destination
Tracking information will be emailed once the order has been shipped.
Free Shipping
We offer Free Shipping on eligible orders over $150 within the contiguous United States.
Estimated delivery time for free shipping orders is 2–5 business days.
If your order contains both live plants and live animals, the shipment may be combined and the appropriate shipping rate will be shown at checkout.
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Customers in these locations must select Expedited or Express shipping options at checkout.
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While we work hard to ship orders quickly, delivery times may vary due to factors outside of our control, including:
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Weather conditions
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High shipping volumes
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Transportation disruptions
Aquarium Plants Factory is not responsible for shipping delays caused by the carrier.
Delayed or Lost Packages
Occasionally, shipments may take longer than expected.
A package is considered lost only after 15 business days (approximately 3 weeks) from the ship date.
If a package is confirmed lost by the carrier, we may offer a 50/50 replacement, meaning:
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Aquarium Plants Factory covers 50% of the replacement cost
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The customer covers 50% plus shipping
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If you need to cancel an order, please contact us as soon as possible.
Orders can only be canceled before they have been shipped.
Once an order has been shipped, it can no longer be canceled.
Returns
Due to the sensitive nature of live goods, all sales are final.
We do not accept returns or exchanges for:
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Live plants
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Live animals
For any shipping questions, please contact us before placing your order.
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WHAT WE GUARANTEE
24 Hours Live Arrival Guarantee* - In a rare case of live stocks dead on arrival, we must be notified within 24 hours by the same day of delivery. Please take clear photos of the damaged product and send it to us within 24 hours. Live Arrival Guarantee will be void after 24 hours of delivery. All replacements are considered final and we will not replace the replacement.
- Picture requirements: Take at least 2 clear photos of damaged product in their original, unopened & sealed transparent packing and send photos and orders information to our email within 24 hours: aquariumplantsfactory@gmail.com
- Please do not take picture of damaged plants, or animals in your aquarium. Once they have been introduced to your aquarium's ecosystem. It is no longer covered by our guarantee.
Please be aware that our Live Arrival Guarantee is subject to certain conditions. Specifically, the guarantee will not be applicable in cases where the package is marked as 'invalid address', 'undeliverable' or is 'returned to sender.' This includes situations such as a vacant delivery address, a missing apartment number, or any other issues that prevent the postal service from delivering your package.
It is crucial to provide accurate and complete shipping information to ensure the successful delivery of your order and the applicability of the Live Arrival Guarantee.
Please keep in mind that Live Arrival Guarantee only guarantees that live stocks will be alive upon arrival. We cannot guarantee that you will continue to have success with them. Many factors, including the aquarium environment, water quality, nutrient, temperature, lighting, filter, and CO2 system, can contribute to the failure to grow live plants and live animals.
WHAT WE CAN'T GUARANTEE
Even though our plants are very clean, but we can't guarantee they will be 100% pest-free because we cannot be responsible for your aquarium. Please use it at your own risk. We recommended all customers rinse the plants with clean water and quarantine them before use.
However, plants in tissue culture will be 100% free from pests, algae and never have been contacting with any aquarium.
- Due to the nature of the product. We don't guarantee our plants will be pests free. ( snails, algae, hitchhikers )
- We don't guarantee our plants will be free of pesticides. We use homemade, organic pesticides in our greenhouse to control pests. We do not use pesticides that contain copper. Copper is toxic to invertebrates such as aquatic snails, crabs, shrimps, etc
- We don't guarantee your aquarium success or are responsible for your aquarium inhabitant including but not limited to fish, shrimp, snail, turtle, etc. So please quarantine all plants when use!
- Unless specific, we don't guarantee aquatic plants will be grow emerged or submerge.
Please review your state's regulations on restricted plants, as we are committed to not shipping plants that are restricted in your area. Do not release any plants into the wild or waterways, as this can harm local ecosystems by introducing invasive species.
Your cooperation in protecting the environment is appreciated. For continuously updated information, refer to the USDA State Noxious Weed list here.
Thank you for your responsible commitment to environmental preservation.
Customers praised these aquatic plants for arriving "very healthy and beautiful" with fast shipping. Most noted excellent condition upon arrival. The purple coloration develops over time with proper lighting, CO2, and nutrients - "it takes months" but customers say it's worth it. A few noted difficulty achieving deep purple hues.
- Arrived fresh-cut, already gave new leaves after 3 days. Astonishingly, truly, dark purple!
- Very fast shipping. Every plant was very healthy and beautiful.
- Plants arrived very fast and in great condition.
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Many stems, healthy, excited to grow immersed.
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high tech tank. (high light, co2, twice a week fert), if you look to the left, i even get the ludwigia white to have a strong white/pink coloration after 3 weeks (still transitioning). this bacopa plant is healthy, the top will turn to light pink color, but cant get it to show a strong purple hue. i think there is a different purple variant that has much deeper color from leaves to the stem.
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Kind of a reddish purple hue on the top leaves. I put some root tabs under it when I planted and forget to fertilize it very regularly. CO2 and a strong light. Fluval stratum soil.
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This is the second time I’ve purchased Bacopa salzmanii ‘purple’ from APF - the first time I killed it with a bleach dip trying to get rid of staghorn algae lol. When you get the plant, it’s in it’s emerged state. It will be green. This is normal, guys. Once submerged, with the right nutrients, CO2, and lighting, it turns purple. I promise. It takes awhile, but its worth it. In my tank, it turns a dusty dark mauve-ish color on the tops of the leaves. I plant it where it will get the most light right under my strip light.
Pictured here, with the danio, is the salzmanii that I received a week ago. No melt, strong and healthy. No purple yet, but it literally takes months.
The second photo I’m attaching is from a plant I got months ago. It is the remnant of my first order showing the change to purple. This plant was propagated from a tiny cutting that I salvaged after killing most of it with bleach. No filters, no editing. It’s purple and still being propagated from that 1” cutting I salvaged. Oh this is even without CO2 btw, this is in my low tech shrimp tank.
M
Very fast shipping. Every plant was very healthy and beautiful. Highly recommended company.
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Very nice plants!
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They were perfect
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great specimen!
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My plants do not look purple at all.
Hello. Because they are still emerged plant. They will turn purple color when grow fully submerged, in optimal condition, high tech aquarium.
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There are several varieties of Bacopa Salzmannii 'Purple' around, some of them are "a bit" purple, rarely they are truly purple. This APF-grown variety arrived in a beautiful fresh-cut condition (as if it had not been shipped at all, just cut fresh in a garden) and after 3 days the plants already gave new leaves at the top. They are astonishingly, truly, dark purple!!!
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These plants arrived very fast and in great condition. Placed an order immediately for more.
M
Plants arrived quickly and healthy. No damage at all. I look forward to seeing the colors come out! Thank you.
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