Echinodorus Gabrielii

Echinodorus gabrielii is a medium-sized sword — narrow, upright leaves in fresh green that stay tidier than the broad-leaved Amazon types without being a small plant. Planted as a group it reads as a soft green screen; planted alone in a mid-sized tank it works as the centerpiece.

What You'll Receive

• Sold as a Bare-root Plants, Bunch Plants or Potted Plants
• Bare-root Plants | loose, bare-root plants
• Bunch Plants | rooted plants bundle with foam and plant weight
• Potted Plants | rooted plants potted with net pot and rockwool

Plant Profile

• Common name — Gabrielii Sword
• Scientific name — Echinodorus gabrielii
• Also known as — Gabriel's Sword
• Origin — South America
• Placement — Midground to background
• Mature height — 10-16 inches
• Growth rate — Medium

Care

• Difficulty — Beginner
• Light — Medium
• CO₂ — Not required
• Water — 68-82°F, pH 6.5-7.5
• Substrate — Required. Heavy root feeder — nutrient-rich soil or root tabs
• Growth habit — Amphibious rosette
• Propagation — Adventitious plantlets on flower stalks

Grower's Notes

• Plan for a medium sword, not a small one. At 10 to 16 inches it needs a tank with height — 20 gallons upward. It is tidier than an Amazon Sword because the leaves are narrower, not because the plant is smaller.
• Root tabs are not optional. Like every Echinodorus this is a heavy root feeder — it builds a large root mass and takes almost everything from the substrate. Liquid dosing alone gives small pale leaves no matter how good the lighting is.
• Never bury the crown. Cover the roots and leave the growing point at substrate level. A buried crown rots from the center and does not recover.
• Narrow leaves change how you use it. Broad-leaved swords shade everything around them. Gabrielii's slimmer upright foliage lets light through, so it can sit closer to other plants without smothering them.
• Expect the first leaves to melt as it converts from emersed nursery growth. The second flush is the submerged form — judge the plant on that.

Want to go deeper? Read our complete Amazon Sword & Echinodorus Care Guide.

Notes

• Pictures are not the actual plants you will receive, but a sample representation. Unless specific, we don't guarantee aquatic plants will be free of pests, pesticides, grow emerged, or submerge.
• Never release aquarium plants into natural waterways.

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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.
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