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I bought a plant that was labled as 'Asian Sword' which is now doing really well. I just wanted to know what it's real name was. I think it might be an apotegon(that's not the right spelling). It has oval shaped leaves with a vein pattern that reminds me of a lace-leaf plant, except the leaves are opaque green. Also, the new leaves start off pink but become greener as they get bigger.


I've also found a semi-opaque white whispy sort of thing groping on my hygro, i presume it's a sort of algae or fungus. Any ideas?

Thanks!

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identifying plants by verbal description is very hard. try looking through online catalogs of aquarium plants. you'll surely find your plant there.

The plant you have is a sword. Eichodorous "Oriental". It behaves exactly as you describe, new leaves are red but turn green as they grow. The leaves have a ruffled edge similar to Aponogeton's hence your confusion.They also have quite ouned veins as you describe.They are a cultivar developed in Singapore. Needs bright light and lots of nutrition in the substrate supposedly quite difficult to grow.Congatulations if yours are doing well

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