Description
Reni' is a well-known Echinodorus cultivar characterised by being amongst the smallest of the red Echinodorus. It was bred by Tomas Kaliebe by crossing of the cultivars 'Großer Bär' and 'Ozelot'. The leaf rosette gets 15-40 cm tall and 15-25 cm wide. The new leaves of the plant are reddish-brown to deep beetroot in colour.
It can be used in small aquariums and is unpretentious. The plant requires a lot of light and nourishment for optimal colour development.
Echinodorus 'Reni' was bred by Tomas Kaliebe by crossbreeding E. 'Grosser Baer' and E. 'Ozelot', and it was brought onto the market in 2003. In submersed cultivation, this variety has widely elliptic dark red leaves with slightly lighter-coloured veins. It tends to stay quite small for a long time, with its leaves growing only 10 cm in length and 6 cm in width, which makes it a good foreground plant. However, after some time it will start growing out, forming up to 25 cm long leaves 8 cm in width and 10 cm long leaf stalks. E. 'Reni' needs lots of light and nutrients.
Source
Flowgrow
Characteristic
Relatively low Echinodorus cultivar
Deeply dark red with lighter nerves
Broadly elliptic leaves
Undemanding
Family
Alismataceae
Genus
Echinodorus
Category
Middle Ground
Difficulty
easy
pH Value
5-7
Temperature Tolerance
15-30℃
Carbonate Hardness
0-21 dKH
General Hardness
0-30 °dGH
Propagation
Proliferating inflorescences, Rhizomteilung
Can Grow Emersed?
yes
Aquascaping
very colourful plant for accents
