Echinodorus grisebachii 'Green Chili'

A sword that fits a 10-gallon. Echinodorus grisebachii 'Green Chili' holds narrow, elongated bright green leaves on a compact rosette — the Amazon Sword silhouette at 6 to 10 inches instead of 20, which is the only reason most small-tank keepers can have one at all.

What You'll Receive

Fresh, healthy Echinodorus grisebachii 'Green Chili' cultivated and prepared by Aquarium Plants Factory®, available in the following planting options:

Loose Bare-Root Plants:
Includes approximately 1–2 loose, bare-root plants, providing flexibility in planting and arrangement.

Rooted Bunched:
Approximately 1–2 plants, bundled with foam and a plant weight for easy placement.

Rooted Potted:
Includes approximately 1–2 plants, potted in a net pot with rock wool, ensuring stability and ease of placement in your aquarium.

Plant Profile

• Common name — Green Chili Sword
• Scientific name — Echinodorus grisebachii 'Green Chili'
• Origin — Cultivated form; the species is native to South America
• Placement — Midground
• Mature height — 6-10 inches
• Suits — 10 gallons and up
• Growth rate — Medium

Care

• Difficulty — Beginner, provided you feed the roots
• Light — Medium
• CO₂ — Not required; it fills out faster with it
• Water — 68-82°F, pH 6.5-7.5
• Substrate — Required. Heavy root feeder — root tabs or aquasoil under the crown.
• Growth habit — Amphibious rosette; also grows emersed
• Propagation — Adventitious plantlets on aerial floral stalks

Grower's Notes

• Size is the reason to choose it. A standard Amazon Sword needs 20 gallons before it stops looking oversized. Green Chili holds 6-10 inches, so it gives you a proper sword rosette in a 10-gallon without taking the tank over.
• Narrow leaves let light past. Broad-leaved swords shade everything beneath them. This one's slimmer foliage means you can plant around it rather than clearing a radius.
• Feed it at the roots. Swords take almost everything from the substrate. Root tabs or aquasoil under the crown; liquid dosing alone gives small pale leaves whatever the lighting.
• Plant the crown at substrate level, never below. Cover the roots and leave the growing point exposed — a buried crown rots from the center.
• It propagates from floral stalks, not runners. A settled plant sends up a stalk carrying plantlets. Leave each attached until it has four or five leaves and its own roots, then cut it free.

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

Notes

As with many sword plants, temporary leaf melt may occur after planting due to environmental changes. This is normal. Healthy new submersed leaves will grow once the plant acclimates to your aquarium conditions.

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.
• Please bring your package indoors and unpack it the day it arrives.
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