🔥 Echinodorus Aflame – Deep Red Sword Plant for Vibrant Midground Layouts

Echinodorus Aflame, also known as the Purple Knight Sword, is a striking rosette plant admired for its deep burgundy to purple-toned foliage and compact, upright growth. Unlike many larger Echinodorus varieties, Aflame maintains a more moderate size, making it ideal for midground placement in medium to large aquariums.

This beautiful sword plant adds bold color and structure to aquascapes and thrives in nutrient-rich environments with medium to high lighting. When provided with CO₂ and root fertilization, its foliage becomes intensely pigmented and lush, making it a true centerpiece in any freshwater setup.

✨ Key Features:

• Scientific Name: Echinodorus 'Aflame'

• Common Name: Purple Knight Sword

• Growth Form: Upright rosette with sword-shaped leaves

• Leaf Color: Burgundy, red, to deep purple under strong lighting

• Light Demand: Medium to high

• CO₂ Requirement: Recommended for intense coloration

• Growth Rate: Medium

• Placement: Midground to background

🌿 Optimal Growing Conditions:

• Temperature: 72–82°F (22–28°C)

• pH Range: 6.0–7.5

• Water Hardness: Soft to moderately hard

• Lighting: Medium to high intensity lighting is ideal

• Substrate: Nutrient-rich substrate is required for optimal health

🌊 Aquascaping Benefits:

• Color Accent: Adds a dramatic red/purple hue to planted tanks

• Focal Point Plant: Works beautifully as a standalone feature or grouped

• Hardy Structure: Strong root system and thick leaves resist melt and decay

• Ideal for High-Tech Tanks: Performs best in CO₂-enriched environments

🔁 Propagation & Growth:

• Propagation: Produces adventitious plantlets on flower stalks

• Nutrient Substrate: Required

• Can Be Grown Emersed: Yes – suitable for paludariums and humid setups

📦 What You’ll Receive:

Enhance your aquarium with our versatile selection of high-quality aquatic plants, available in three convenient formats:

• Bare-root Plants:
  Includes approximately 1 rooted plant without any potting material – perfect for flexible planting and customization.

• Rooted Bunched:
  Includes approximately 1 rooted plant, bundled with foam and a plant weight for easy placement upon arrival.

• Rooted Potted:
  Includes approximately 1 rooted plant securely potted in rockwool and a net pot, offering stability and healthy growth right out of the box.

⚠️ Disclaimer:

Coloration may vary depending on lighting, nutrient availability, and tank conditions. For best results, provide enriched root tabs and CO₂. Avoid burying the crown of the plant to prevent rot.

 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.

1. 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 
2. 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.

1. Due to the nature of the product. We don't guarantee our plants will be pests free. ( snails, algae, hitchhikers )
2. 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
3. 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!
4. 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.