Sword ID

[rkilling1]

I purchased two Compact swords off Ebay, so I thought. They have been in my tank for about a month now. I would have to say, I do not believe they are Compact swords. I wanted Sword plants for my foreground. Here is the two plants in question.

This one I have come to believe is an Amazon sword. It's leaves are hard textured/fern like. (Not a real good foreground plant BTW)

I have no idea what kind of sword this is. It's leaves are soft. It appears that it is like 3 or 4 plants stuck together.

any ideas? Thanks. (I still can't get over how many times I have purchased a plant species only to find out thats not what it is!)

 

[Jchillin]

The first is Amazon as you correctly thought. The second one could be a chain sword...the leaves are narrower.

 

[BillD]

The first one looks like my Compacta swords, which only grow to about 6"to 8".

 

[rkilling1]

The first one looks like my Compacta swords, which only grow to about 6"to 8".

Oh.

I was looking at "compact sword" and not "compacta sword". there ya go. thank you. A "compacta" is a miniature Amazon sword. Echinodorus bleheri 'compacta'. I also have a runner, so I have two "compacta swords".

I believe the second one is a Narrow leaf chain sword (Echinodorus tenellus), but still looking.

thanks again.

EDIT: or is it Echinodorus quadricostatus?

 

[Zezmo]

The second one is not E tennelus.
http://webpages.charter.net/zezmo/frontlawn.JPG (sorry its blurry...an old shot)


I actually think those are the same plant. One fully submerged growth, one in transition between emersed and submerged. I had grown that plant, when I bouth it it was labeled Amozon Sword, no exact species given.

In this shot the left is E tennelus, and the right is Amazon Sword, it is grown epiphytically on some drift wood which made the leaves a bit more narrow.
http://webpages.charter.net/zezmo/manyswords.jpg

 

[Lonewolfblue]

The 2nd one looks like the Ruffled Sword I have in my 75G. Under the right conditions, some of the leaves can turn a nice copper color. Oh, and this one will get huge, it's surfacing in my 75G. And mine has about 20-25 leaves. It's nice in a tank corner because if you have minimal flow, it grows up and doesn't spread out a lot.

ECHINODORUS MAJOR
http://www.fish2u.com/aprsm.html

 

[JustOneMore20]

Just wanted to say that the second is not E. tennellus (like Zesmo said). I have E. tennellus and got some of it that was grown submerged and it didn't look like that. E. tennellus is much narrower (hence the name Narrow Leaf Chain Sword).