Echinodorus sp. 'Chocolate Marble'

About this plant

Chocolate Marble is an Echinodorus culture hybrid with broad oval leaves on relatively short stalks. Young and mature leaves differ in colour, and darker mottled older foliage contributes to its chocolate appearance. Use a single crown as a midground focal point rather than packing several rosettes together. Give the roots feeding space and remove old leaves at their base. Suggested parent species in hobby accounts are not presented as proven parentage; the horticultural name is the stable identity retained here. Plant the roots in an adequately nourished substrate while leaving the crown at its surface. Allow room for the rosette rather than using the dimensions of a nursery pot as its final footprint. Remove unwanted outer leaves at their base. Balanced root-zone nutrition supports establishment; it does not guarantee a particular colour. Emergent leaves can be replaced underwater. Where flower-stalk plantlets develop, allow them to form roots before separating them. Care ranges, where supplied, describe reported cultivation conditions rather than measured lethal limits. Width and nutrient concentrations are left unspecified where no defensible form-specific values are available.