🌿 Echinodorus Martii – Ruffled Amazon Sword with Dramatic Texture

Also known as Echinodorus major | Sold as Bare-root, Bunched, or Potted Plants

Echinodorus Martii, commonly known as the Ruffled Amazon Sword or Echinodorus major, is a bold and commanding aquatic plant ideal for larger freshwater aquariums. Native to South America, this variety is admired for its large, deeply ruffled green leaves that radiate outward in a rosette formation, creating a lush, fountain-like display. Its impressive size and intricate leaf texture make it a striking centerpiece and a natural focal point in aquascapes.

🌟 Key Features:

• Scientific Name: Echinodorus Martii

• Synonyms: Echinodorus major, Ruffled Amazon Sword

• Common Name: Ruffled Amazon Sword

• Leaf Style: Broad, arching leaves with pronounced ruffled edges

• Growth Habit: Rosette-forming with tall, upright foliage

• Aquascaping Role: Excellent as a background or centerpiece plant in spacious tanks

🌱 Growth & Propagation:

• Lighting Needs: Moderate to high lighting for optimal growth

• CO₂ & Fertilizers: CO₂ not required but encourages larger, fuller growth; heavy root feeder that thrives in nutrient-rich substrate and with root tabs

• Growth Method: Submersed cultivation

• Nutrient Substrate: Required

• Can Be Grown Emersed: Yes

• Propagation: Produces side shoots and adventitious plantlets

🖼️ Aquascaping Benefits:

• Creates a dramatic focal point with its large, ruffled leaves

• Fills in background space in large aquariums for a lush, natural look

• Offers shelter and shaded areas for fish and invertebrates

📦 What You’ll Receive:

Sold as loose bare-root plants, bunched plants, or potted plants:

• Fresh-Cut Plants: Approximately 1–2 individual bare-root plants

• Bunched Plants: Approximately 1–2 plants bundled with foam and a plant weight

• Potted Plants: Approximately 1–2 plants rooted in rockwool and net pot

⚠️ Disclaimer:

This plant grows large and is best suited for medium to large aquariums. Older leaves may melt back during transition; new growth will adapt to aquarium conditions.

🚫 State Restrictions Notice ♻️ Be a Responsible Aquatic Plants Owner
Always check your local regulations. Never release live plants into natural waterways.

 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.