Echinodorus 'Pink Miracle' – Stunning Hybrid Sword Plant with Soft Pink Elegance
Echinodorus 'Pink Miracle' is a remarkable hybrid between Echinodorus horemanii 'Red' and Echinodorus barthii, selectively bred to showcase vibrant pink to reddish hues in a graceful, upright rosette form. This rare sword plant variety stands out for its soft, pastel pink tones and refined leaf structure, making it an exquisite centerpiece in medium to large aquariums.
As a rooted substrate plant, it thrives best in nutrient-rich conditions and benefits greatly from strong lighting and CO₂ supplementation. Whether you're creating a bold focal point or complementing a vibrant aquascape layout, Echinodorus 'Pink Miracle' brings elegance and color to your underwater world.
🌿 Key Features:
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Scientific Name: Echinodorus 'Pink Miracle'
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Parentage: Echinodorus horemanii 'Red' × Echinodorus barthii
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Leaf Color: Pink to reddish-pink with light veining and soft green undertones
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Growth Habit: Upright, rosette-forming sword plant
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Lighting Requirement: Medium to high for best coloration
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CO₂ Requirement: Recommended but not required
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Temperature Range: 68–82°F (20–28°C)
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Water Parameters: pH 6.0–7.5; soft to moderately hard water
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Growth Speed: Moderate
🧪 Optimal Growing Conditions:
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Lighting: Medium to high intensity for vibrant pink tones
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Temperature: Prefers stable temps between 72–78°F
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Substrate: Requires nutrient-rich substrate for optimal root development
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CO₂: Optional but enhances color, size, and health
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Fertilization: Root tabs and liquid fertilizers highly beneficial
💡 Aquascaping Benefits:
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Color Accent: Unique pink tones provide striking contrast to green background plants
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Midground to Background Use: Ideal as a feature plant or focal rosette in open aquascapes
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Hybrid Strength: Combines the elegant form of horemanii with the robust growth of barthii
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Suitable for Larger Tanks: Best used in 10-gallon and up due to its eventual size
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Low Maintenance: Once established, requires minimal trimming
🌱 Propagation & Growth:
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Growth Speed: Moderate
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Propagation Method: Produces side shoots or runners with plantlets over time
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Nutrient Substrate: Required
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Can Be Grown Emersed: Yes – suitable for emersed tanks and humid terrarium-style setups
📦 What You’ll Receive:
Enhance your aquarium with our fresh, high-quality plants, available in convenient formats:
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Bare-Root Plants: One single, loose small plant
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Rooted Bunched: Approx. 1–2 bare-root plants bundled with foam and plant weight for stability
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Potted Plants: Approx. 1–2 rooted plants securely potted in rockwool within a net pot
⚠️ State Restrictions Notice ♻️ Be a Responsible Aquatic Plants Owner
Never release Echinodorus or any aquatic plant into natural waterways. Dispose of trimmings responsibly. This species is not restricted in the U.S., but local regulations may apply.
Shipping Policy
At Aquarium Plants Factory, we carefully package and ship all orders to ensure plants and livestock arrive healthy and ready to thrive.
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If your order contains both live plants and live animals, the shipment may be combined and the appropriate shipping rate will be shown at checkout.
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Alaska
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A package is considered lost only after 15 business days (approximately 3 weeks) from the ship date.
If a package is confirmed lost by the carrier, we may offer a 50/50 replacement, meaning:
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Aquarium Plants Factory covers 50% of the replacement cost
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The customer covers 50% plus shipping
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Returns
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We do not accept returns or exchanges for:
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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.
- 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
- 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.
- Due to the nature of the product. We don't guarantee our plants will be pests free. ( snails, algae, hitchhikers )
- 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
- 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!
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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.
Customers praised this aquatic plant's vibrant pink and red coloring, strong root systems, and healthy arrival condition. Reviews noted "amazing color," "gorgeous leaves," and excellent packaging. It's a slow grower that transitions well to submerged growth. One customer received yellow plants instead of pink. Most valued the generous quantity per pot.
- Strong roots, beautiful coloring on the new leaves. This one is gorgeous.
- The colours are vibrant and the entire leaf will be that vibrant pink color.
- These swords are absolutely gorgeous, came in extremely healthy.
A
These plants arrived in great shape. Decent size, amazing color, good roots. Looks great with light green plants and I like the texture with my lace ferns as well. Looking forward to seeing how this one grows.
C
Strong roots, it was almost bursting out of the pot. Beautiful coloring on the new leaves. Shipping stress usually means plants get a little rough around the edges but this one is gorgeous. Very excited to see this one get established and grow out.
M
Arrived in great condition. Loving it’s new home.
S
The pinkest plant in one of our aquariums. It a slow grower which is really nice so we don’t have to trim it back much. I fallen in love this plant for thoses reasons
R
This is one of my favorite echinodorus thanks to APF. I can't wait to watch these beauties settle in and grow!
D
These people know what they’re doing fast shipping and good packaging
C
This astonishingly gorgeous sword has some of the most vivid and bright reds I've seen in any echinodorus. I've bought several of these plants from APF and all have been transitioning well to submerged growth. Thus far, the largest leaf any of them have produced is only about 6" so it does appear this plant will end up on the smaller side of most swords. Do yourself a favor and buy some of this.
B
My order came 2 days earlier than expected and the plants were in excellent condition. They were large with well developed root systems. I've had orders from other sellers arrive with small plants having an underdeveloped root system - they seldom survived. These are winners!
E
These came with browning leaves , to be expected, however they were well rooted and the new growth is absolutely beautiful. Very purple leaves are emerging. I love the contrast this gives the little aquatic world I am creating for my angels.
M
Perfect
S
The Pink Miracle is beautiful and so healthy!
V
Love the plants. They add color and contrast to my aquascape.
A
Bought a pot and it had two nicely developed plants. Couldn't be happier.
J
They arrived in good health, excited to see these grow.
N
Pink miracle, submerged for a week, is sending up new growth. I couldn't be happier!
K
These swords are absolutely gorgeous, came in extremely healthy, and each pot had 2-3 plants in the rock wool. The B2G1 deal on these is truly exceptional, and well worth the money. I hadn't ordered from APF for several years and remember why they were my go to for so long!
M
I received yellow plants
N
First time customer and your plants and service couldn't be better. Ordered a variety of plants and every one arrived super fast and very healthy. Your packaging is impressive. Kudos!
D
Nice healthy plants. Thank you.
H
What a glorious looker! Ended up with 3 plants in the pot and such gorgeous leaves!
J
Recently received 3 plants - very healthy and well packaged!
Great customer service prior to ordering.
Highly recommended
v
I bought this as a potted pant and it shipped well, arrived very healthy. It took a little more than two weeks to transition to submerged and then it started putting out new leaves. The colours are vibrant and the entire leaf but not all the leaves will be that vibrant pink color. My tank is high tech so its under high lighting just below 200 PAR and I planted it with a fluval root tab which i think helped it transition I had some swords before but they did not do well even with co2 and PPS Pro dosing daily I'm still doing that but this time i used root tabs and was successful. Aquarium Plants Factory are the best ! thank you for giving me opportunity to own such amazing plants
C
Great colors. Bought 6 potted and got 9. Looks just like the picture.
K
Awesome plant arrived in superior condition.
M
The plant has a nice color and came with healthy roots
T
These arrived three days late due to USPS being awful. The plants were still in great condition. I can only imagine what they would have looked like three days earlier when they should have been delivered.
M
Really digging the red touch with this plant. It came healthy, full, with nice roots.
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