🌿 Hygrophila Pinnatifida Vitro Culture
Elegant, Textured Midground Plant with Creeping Growth Habit
Hygrophila Pinnatifida is a unique and highly decorative aquarium plant originating from the Western Ghats of India. Loved for its deeply lobed leaves, bronze-to-reddish coloration, and distinctive horizontal growth habit, this species adds bold texture and contrast to planted aquariums. It naturally attaches to hardscape like rocks and driftwood, making it a versatile and visually captivating choice for aquascaping.
This listing features our Vitro Culture version, cultivated in sterile conditions and carefully sealed in a 4-inch bag. Ideal for advanced aquascapers and shrimp-safe environments, these lab-grown plants are 100% free from algae, pests, and pesticides.
🌱 Key Features:
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Scientific Name: Hygrophila pinnatifida
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Origin: India (Western Ghats)
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Leaf Form: Deeply pinnate, textured leaves with bronze, olive, or reddish tones
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Growth Habit: Creeping or bushy depending on trimming
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Placement: Midground or hardscape attachment
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Growth Rate: Medium
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CO₂ Requirement: Recommended
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Light Demand: Medium to high
💧 Optimal Growing Conditions:
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Temperature Range: 72–82°F (22–28°C)
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pH Range: 6.0–7.5
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Water Hardness: Soft to medium
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Nutrient Substrate: Not required (can grow on wood/stone)
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Can Be Grown Emersed: Yes
🧪 Vitro Culture Advantages:
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Grown in sterile lab conditions
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Free from algae, snails, and harmful pathogens
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Suitable for shrimp tanks and nano aquariums
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Delivered in a sealed 4-inch bag, easy to portion and plant
🌿 Aquascaping Benefits:
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Adds texture, depth, and contrast in midground zones
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Ideal for tying to driftwood or stones
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Responds well to trimming—can grow bushy or spread horizontally
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Works beautifully in nature-style or high-tech aquascapes
✂️ Propagation & Care Tips:
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Propagated easily through cuttings and lateral runners
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Requires balanced macro/micro fertilization
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Monitor for potassium deficiency (pinholes in leaves)
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Occasional trimming encourages compact, spreading growth
📦 What You’ll Receive:
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1 portion of Hygrophila pinnatifida in Vitro Culture sealed 4-inch bag
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Healthy, young plantlets grown in nutrient gel—ready to rinse and plant
⚠️ Disclaimer:
Photos shown are sample representations of mature plants. Growth form and color may vary depending on your aquarium conditions. Rinse thoroughly before use to remove any gel residue.
Handling time for Live Plants orders:
Live plants are shipped from Monday - Saturday if you choose United States Postal Services (USPS): Most plant-only orders can ship out within 1-3 business days excluded out-of-stock, pre-order, or backorder products.
UPS 2-Days and UPS Overnight only ship from Monday-Wednesday to ensure they arrived in the same week. Please be mindful we also have 1-2 business days handling time, so please placed your order on or before Tuesday, the cut off time is 6:00 AM Pacific Time (PT)
Handling time for Live Animals orders:
Live Animals are shipped from Monday - Wednesday: Live Animals orders take longer to ship. We only ship Live Animals orders when they can be delivered within the week so they don't spend an extra day in transit on the weekend.
Handling time for Live Animals ranges from 1-5 business days depending on the weather and health of the livestock. We will email tracking information when the order is shipped.
Free Shipping: We offer Free Shipping on eligible orders.
- Free Shipping will take 2-5 days to reach you
- If your orders included Live Plants & Live Animals. We will combine the shipment and you will see the flat rate shipping cost at checkout
- Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Guam, and US Virgin Islands customers are not qualified for the Free Shipping program. Please upgrade to Expedited or Express Mail for faster delivery.
Delayed Parcels: Sometimes your packages may take longer than normal to arrive with U.S. Postal Service or our chosen courier. We are legally obliged to wait 15 working days (3 weeks) for a package to be considered lost. See U.S. Postal Service website for further detail.
- We cannot be held responsible for any delay caused by U.S. Postal Service but if your packages were lost by the courier service, we will issue a replacement by 50/50, which means we pay 50% and the customers pay 50% plus shipping for the replacement orders.
- Please always keep your shipping address up-to-date! ( Debit and Credit Card, Paypal, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Amazon Pay, Shopify Pay, Ali Pay, and other payment processing services )
- Any shipment being refused or shipped back to us by providing a wrong address or other reasons will not be refundable.
Cancellations: We understand sometimes thing goes out of control.
- Please contact us ASAP if you want to cancel your orders. Orders only might be canceled if they are not being shipped by shipping couriers.
Return Policy: All sales are final
- We do not accept returns or exchanges for Live Plants and Live Animals
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!
- 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.
Customer Reviews
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H
Came in looking great - large, healthy tissue culture strip.
K
Plants are very healthy. I know this plant can be burried to the substrate or glued to driftwood/rock. I did both and found it do better when glued. When burried, either cut the stem or fresh opened, there will be grace period when the plant is weak and will have minor melt, which become a prime target for algae. The plants glued to rock and driftwood keep shooting out runners, while the plants burried have to some time to develop their roots before developing.
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Growing fast
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Great as always
R
First time ordering from the site and very impressed. Tissue culture was of great quality. I've had it in the tank for a few days now and it's looking healthy. Got 4 nice sized bunches in the tissue culture. Perfect for my 20 gallon aquascape.
M
Plants were actually surprisingly large for TCs so were a tad squished in that little cup, but after a couple days in the tank they stretched out and look great. Healthy and a nice amount of plants as well. Pleased and will order more plants from APF.
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