Alternanthera Lilacina (Purple version of our best seller!)
NOTE: The photos labeled "AS OF 1/9/25" is what the plant looks like that we are currently selling.
This Alternanthera is almost as easy as out BEST SELLING Alteranthera. This Plant give you MORE pinkish purple to it...
Like most plants, the fancier looking they get, the harder they get to keep. This Alternanthera is just slightly more demanding then our Best Selling Alteranthera Reineckii. But some things are worth the bit more work :)
We love the purplish hue it has. Just a tad more light will make this plant a show stopper in your aquarium.
Minimal fertilization will help but is not required.
NOTE: Like all of our plants. These Alteranthera are grown under water and ready to POP in your aquarium. (While we don't have a ton of reviews on this plant- yet- read the other Alteranthera reviews... these are made to FLY in your tank)
Get them while have them. This plant is a 4 on a difficulty scale of 1 to 10.
This is a BACKGROUND Plant.
Customer Reviews
I have grown this before with great success. I have been looking for more color variation to create a wow factor. My tank was very full and green, but needed more dimension. This will do it. The plant easily reproduces with trimming out some of the longer stems and replanting. My shipment arrived yesterday, and this is how it came. I plan to rework my setup this weekend, so I have not planted it yet. Thank you! Bev
Pics from today show about one month in the tank, the more blue toned light from when they arrived. Beautiful plants in excellent health. The magenta /purple color has an amazing glow from being so saturated. Under my medium lights that color has faded slightly but the plants are still extremely healthy and pretty. I’m debating putting a spot light to the area to bring that intensity back but they are still very lovely growing with mid light.
I've tried plants this color many times in the past with no luck. Several different kinds from several different places. All said easy beginner plant. So here I am trying again. Plant stems are nice and thick and sturdy. Better than anything I've gotten before. Fingers crossed and hope for the best. So far they are looking good.
I honestly just bought this plant as a second though (wanted to make the shipping fee worth it) but it's color is understated from the advertised photos, it arrived in such a healthy state, that it has put my other AR plants to shame, and still is a week later.
The Purple was very nice!!!