A color-shifting stem plant with rounded, slightly elliptical leaves. Grown emersed it is green; once submerged it moves through light orange to pink and purple, and how far it goes depends on your light and nutrients.
What You’ll Receive
Sold as loose fresh-cut plants, bunched plants, or potted plants:
- Fresh-Cut Plants: Approximately 6 individual, loose-cut stems without root
- Bunched Plants: Approximately 6 stems without root bundled with foam and a plant weight
- Potted Plants: Approximately 6 stems without root potted in rockwool and net pot
Plant Profile
- Common name — Pink Bacopa, Bacopa salzmannii 'Pink' (Araguaia)
- Scientific name — Bacopa salzmannii sp. Araguaia 'Pink'
- Origin — South America
- Placement — Midground to background
- Shipped size — Approx. 6 fresh-cut stems, roughly 4-8 in
- Mature height — 6–12 in
- Suits — 10 gallons and up
- Growth rate — Medium
Care
- Difficulty — Intermediate
- Light — Medium to high; stronger light for pink and purple
- CO₂ — Recommended, not required
- Water — 72–82°F · pH 6.0–7.5
- Substrate — Required. Root and water column feeder
- Growth habit — Amphibious. Reverts to green grown emersed
- Propagation — Cuttings — trim and replant stem tops
Grower’s Notes
- It arrives green, and that is correct. The color shift only happens after it converts to submersed growth, which takes a few weeks — judge it then, not on arrival.
- Color intensity tracks light and lean nitrate. A heavily fed tank keeps it green and leafy no matter how strong the lighting.
- Propagate by tip and side cuttings. Replant the trimmed tops to thicken a stand rather than waiting for bare stems to refill.
- Some melt in transit is normal for emersed-grown stems. Fresh submersed growth follows once conditions are stable.
- Looking for the variety that keeps its purple even when grown emersed? See Bacopa salzmannii 'Purple' (the Singapore form).
Want to go deeper? Read our complete Bacopa Care Guide.
Notes
- Photos are for reference; color varies considerably with lighting, CO₂ and nutrients. Unless specified as tissue culture, we cannot guarantee plants are free of all pests or pesticides.
- Never release aquarium plants into natural waterways.
At a glance
- Free shipping on orders of $150 or more (after discounts) within the contiguous United States, by USPS.
- Free thermal protection is included with every shipment, all year round.
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Good to know
- Some melting or yellowing as plants adjust from greenhouse to aquarium life is normal. They regrow from healthy roots and rhizomes.
- Please bring your package indoors and unpack it the day it arrives.
- Free promotional items and shipping charges are not covered.
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Customers praise these healthy aquarium plants for their stunning pink-purple coloration and beautiful appearance. "Soft pink-purple leaves and elegant shape make it a stunning focal point," one shopper noted. However, color development requires patience and proper conditions—CO2, lighting, and nutrients are key. Some customers report difficulty achieving deep purple hues.
- They are astonishingly, truly, dark purple!
- Very fast shipping. Every plant was very healthy and beautiful.
- Its soft pink-purple leaves and elegant shape make it a stunning focal point in the aquarium
A
This plant grows slowly and is more demanding than most stem plants. It is also difficult to propagate and takes time to develop new roots. However, once it adapted to my low-tech tank, it grew beautifully and exceeded my expectations. Its soft pink-purple leaves and elegant shape make it a stunning focal point in the aquarium
R
Many stems, healthy, excited to grow immersed.
L
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.
A
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.
C
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.
R
Very nice plants!
C
They were perfect
A
great specimen!
R
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.
B
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!!!
A
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.
M
Does this plant take root once planted in gravel or will it have to be anchored? And I have a goldfish, can this stand against it or will it just be devoured?
Bacopa salzmannii is a stem plant, so once planted a couple inches into the gravel it will grow its own roots and anchor itself over the following week or two - you don't need to permanently anchor it, though a plant weight can help hold it in place until it roots. As for goldfish: they're unfortunately one of the toughest fish on live plants. They're omnivorous grazers that will often uproot, nibble, and dig around soft-leaved stem plants like this one. Some goldfish keepers have luck with tougher, well-rooted plants, but there's a real risk they'll uproot or snack on it, especially while it's still getting established.
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