Often confused with Limnophila aromatica, and easy to tell apart once you know. Limnophila hippuridoides carries noticeably more than three leaves per whorl, giving a denser, bushier stem — and under strong light the undersides deepen to reddish-purple. Native to the Malay Peninsula.
What You’ll Receive
Enhance your aquarium with our versatile selection of high-quality aquatic plants, available in three convenient formats:
- Fresh-Cut Plants: Includes approximately 6+ loose, fresh-cut stems without roots. Perfect for flexible planting arrangements.
- Fresh-Cut Bunched: Approximately 6+ fresh-cut stems without roots, bundled with foam and a plant weight for easy placement.
- Fresh-Cut Potted: About 6+ fresh-cut stems without roots, securely potted in a net pot with rockwool, ensuring stability and healthy growth.
Plant Profile
- Common name — Limnophila Hippuridoides
- Scientific name — Limnophila hippuridoides
- Also known as — Limnophila hippuroides
- Origin — Malay Peninsula
- Placement — Midground to background
- Mature height — 8–16 in
- Growth rate — Fast
Care
- Difficulty — Intermediate
- Light — Medium to high. Under low light it stays plain green
- CO₂ — Recommended
- Water — 68–82°F · pH 6.0–7.5
- Substrate — Required. Nutrient substrate or root tabs
- Growth habit — Amphibious. Also grows emersed
- Propagation — Cuttings — trim and replant stem tops
Grower’s Notes
- Count the leaves to identify it. L. aromatica carries three or four leaves per whorl; hippuridoides carries more. If you're buying both, label them — once they're growing side by side they are genuinely hard to tell apart.
- The purple sits on the leaf undersides. Position it where light rakes across the group rather than straight down, or the color hides.
- Trim and replant tops. Fast growth plus repeated topping is what builds the dense bushy stand this plant is bought for.
- Space stems an inch apart. Dense whorls shade each other badly when crowded, and lower leaves drop.
- It feeds at the roots as well as the water column — root tabs plus dosing beat either alone.
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, and 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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This aquatic plant consistently arrives in excellent condition with healthy, vibrant stems. Customers said it develops beautiful red and purple hues, describing it as "super vibrant" with "intense violet" coloring. One shopper noted it's "a very variable" plant that grows fast when acclimatized. Some found it "tricky to plant in sand," but overall it's praised as hardy and attractive.
- Super vibrant and kind of purple too.
- Six stems per bunch arrived in excellent condition and have already begun developing an intense violet hue.
- The stems arrived very fat and strong and even had a few extras!
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I was super happy with the packaging first of all. All of my plants arrived healthy and looking good. I got 6 different kinds in total but the Limnophila Hippuridoide is one of my favorites. Super vibrant and kind of purple too. The plant is in the back left in the photo.
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Limnophila Hippuridoides are maturing and obtaining a beautiful red hue.
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Everything arrived so nicely and looked just like what I was expecting!
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Super happy with how the plants arrived. Very good condition. All the plants I have ordered from this company are great Quality.
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This is a very variable Limnophila, I used to have this plant for years, then lost it. Recently, I wanted it back and bought it from three different US suppliers, none survived. I tried this APF variety and, in two weeks, is is essentially acclimatized to my tank and is growing fast (as it should). GH 4, KH 2-2.5, pH 6-6.3, Phosphates 1.5-2 ppm, Nitrates 10 ppm. I suggest that if you want Limnophila Hippuridoides, you may want to buy it from APF, their stock is of a very strong, bright colored, true aquatic variety.
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Arrived in beautiful condition, a little tricky to plant in the sand got it in and it's doing well. Love the purple leaves!
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Arrived extremely quickly despite nationwide shipping delays! The stems arrived very fat and strong and even had a few extras!
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I had a buy 2 get one free (great deal) and they arrived healthy and very good looking. They seem to be pest free thus far, and look amazing as background plants in my aquarium. I will definitely be buying more plants from here in the future.
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six stems per bunch arrived in excellent condition and have already begun developing an intense violet hue
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Arrived healthy and strong
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This plant and several others arrived in very good shape. My plants and I are anxiously awaiting the arrival of the 3rd CO2 system! Talk about every thing going wrong. These plants are waning some, but I am knowledgeable in restarting them if need be when the CO2 system arrives in two more days. We are hanging on by our roots!
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Plants in beautiful condition, and very healthy! They look great in my tank - can't wait to see how they grow. Thanks, APF!
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I bought these and it came with lead weights. I planted them in the Fluval spectrum substrate without roots. How long will they start rooting? I don’t have a co2 system but I add liquid fertilizer daily. So far they just keep uprooting and float on top.
Fresh-cut stems typically take about 2-4 weeks to develop new roots, so some floating and uprooting in the first couple weeks is normal, especially in a looser gravel-type substrate like Fluval Stratum. A few things that can help: plant the stems a bit deeper (at least 1.5-2 inches into the substrate) and trim off the very bottom of the stem first if it looks woody or damaged, since that part roots more easily when fresh. Leaving the lead-free weights on a little longer than usual can also help anchor them while roots establish. No CO2 is fine for this plant, it will just grow a bit slower - your daily liquid fertilizer should help support it in the meantime. If a few stems keep popping loose, it's usually just a matter of gently replanting them until the roots catch, rather than a sign anything is wrong.
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