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Common Name: Hydrocotyle Japan Hydrocotyle Japan was made famous from frequent usage by famous aquascapers such as Takashi Amano. It is characteriz...

Common Name: Ludwigia Repens Note: Photos show the plant in its emersed vs. submerged form. What you receive depends on availability and seasonalit...

Common Name: Rotala Rotundifolia Red Rotala Rotundifolia is a popular and well recognized stem plant originating from Southeast Asia. It can be cha...

Common Name: Jungle Val, Wild Celery, Tape Grass, Eel Grass Notes: Vallisneria are heavy root feeders and should be planted deeply in quality aqu...

Common Name: Rotala Indica Rotala Indica is a popular aquatic stem plant that can grow tall and thick making it a suitable background plant in plan...

Common Name: Hydrocotyle Japan Tissue culture plants are grown in vitro from a state of the art laboratory specialized in propagating aquatic plant...

Common Name: Downoi Pogostemon Helferi 'Downoi' Tissue culture plants are grown in vitro from a state of the art laboratory specialized in propagat...

Nesaea Pedicellata 'Golden' features greenish golden leaves that run down a pinkish red stem hence its name. Native to West Africa, this aquatic pl...

Common Name: Vals Nana Vals Nana is a thin leaf, grass-like type of Vallisneria that looks more like a tall hairgrass than the other usual Vals.  T...

Common Name: Crypt. Sri Lanka Crypt Sri Lanka is a less common type of crypt that comes from Sri Lanka as the name implies. These plants were origi...

Common Name: Corkscrew Val Notes: Vallisneria are heavy root feeders and should be planted deeply in quality aquarium soil. Vallisneria grows ve...

Common Name: Giant Val Giant Val is a larger variant of the popular Vallisneria.  They act as the perfect background plants, growing tall and fast ...

Common Name: Cyperus Helferi  Cyperus Helferi is a grass like plant which can be grown both submerged and emersed.  The leaves are long and thin an...

Common Name: Aponogeton Madagascariensis The Madagascar Lace plant is a truly unique aquarium plant.  It gets its name from the skeletonized leaves...

Common Name: Giant Val Rubra Giant Val Rubra is a variant of giant vals with leaves that can develop a reddish hue. They act as the perfect backgro...

Common Name: Rotala Wallichii Rotala Wallichii is a popular stem plant with thin fragile leaves that can create luscious forests of green and red w...

Common Name: Alternanthera Bettzickiana Red, Calico Plant Alternanthera bettzickiana ‘Red’, also known as the Calico Plant, is a bold and adaptable...

Common Name: Cryptocoryne Usteriana Crypt Usteriana Green is a large variant of Crypt that's not commonly found in the aquarium trade. The leaves...

  Nesaea Crassicaulis is a beautiful aquarium plant that features bold reddish-brown colored narrow leaves. Pictures show the plant's submerged fo...

Common Name: Ceylon Rotala Photos show submerged vs. emersed growth. This fast-growing and hardy species of Rotala hails from Sri Lanka (former Cey...

Common Name: Large Ammania, Red/Pink Ammania, or Delicate Ammania Ammana gracilis is a graceful stem plant that can add a splash of color to your p...

Common Name: Hydrocotyle Japan Mini Tissue culture plants are grown in vitro from a state of the art laboratory specialized in propagating aquatic ...

Common Name: Homalomena Sekadau South Homalomena Sekadau is a flowering plant belonging to the same family as Bucephalandra. It's considered a rare...

Common Name: Crypt Petchii Cryptocoryne Petchii is a smaller version of Crypt Beckettii which originates from Sri Lanka. The leaves are generally s...

Common Name: AR Rosaefolia AR Rosaefolia is a variant of Alternanthera Reineckii. This plant is commonly used in Dutch aquascapes for its bright an...

Hygrophila Pinnatifida is a unique plant that originates from India.  The leaves can range from brown, purple, red, green or yellow depending on th...

This is an extremely rare mutation of the more commonly known Hygrophila Lancea Araguaia. This aquatic plant features leaves that are olive red wit...

Common Name: Crypt Lutea Crypt Lutea is a beautiful mid-ground plant with bright green or bronzy oblong leaves with a gracefully wavy shape. Most c...

Common Name: Large Ammannia, Red/Pink Ammannia, or Delicate Ammannia Ammannia Gracillis is a graceful stem plant that can add a splash of color to...

Pogostemon Erectus Growth rate: Moderate  Tissue culture plants are grown in vitro from a state of the art laboratory specialized in propagating aq...

Common Name: Hydrocotyle Japan Mini Hydrocotyle Tripartita Mini is a smaller variation of the regular Hydrocotyle Tripartita, sometimes referred to...

Common Name: Rotala Wayanad Rotala Wayanad is a newer species of Rotala that stays relatively small and is suitable for nano planted aquariums. It ...