🌿 Rotala Orange Juice (Rotala rotundifolia 'Orange Juice')
🌿 Rotala Orange Juice (Rotala rotundifolia 'Orange Juice')
Warm Orange-Gold Foliage • Fast-Growing Stem Plant • A Unique Orange Colour Accent
📋 Rotala Orange Juice brings a colour few aquarium plants can offer. Under good light, its fine leaves glow in warm orange, peach and golden tones on soft, upright stems, creating a beautiful contrast against green and red plants. Planted in bunches, it grows into a bright, glowing group that adds warmth and depth to the midground or background, and it's a standout in Dutch-style aquascapes and colourful nature layouts.
It grows fast and responds beautifully to trimming: every cut sends out new side shoots, so the group gets denser and bushier each time. Give it good light, steady nutrients and CO2, and its orange tones become richer and more vivid.
It's a freshwater plant, suited to freshwater aquariums.
💡 Highlights
🧡 Orange-Gold Colour: A rare, warm shade for planted tanks
🌿 Soft, Upright Stems: Fine, elegant texture
⚡ Fast Growing: Fills in quickly and bushes out with every trim
🎨 Colour Accent Plant: Stunning beside green and red plants
✂️ Easy Propagation: Trim and replant the tops
🧾 A Quick Look at Rotala Orange Juice
📛 Common Name: Rotala Orange Juice
🔬 Scientific Name: Rotala rotundifolia 'Orange Juice'
👨👩👧 Family: Lythraceae
🌍 Origin: Southeast Asia (cultivated variety)
📏 Max Size: Typically 20-50cm
🧂 Water Type: Freshwater
💧 pH Range: 5.5-7.5
🌡️ Temperature Range: 22-28°C (72-82°F)
🧠 Care Level: Intermediate
💖 Growth Rate: Fast
💡 Lighting Needs: Moderate to high; stronger light brings out the orange
🌱 CO2 Required: ✅ Recommended for the richest colour
🏠 Placement: Midground • Background • Groups
🧬 Tissue Culture: ✅ Yes
🌿 Grown Form: Potted and tissue-culture cups
⏳ Lifespan: Long-lived with regular trimming
🍽️ Nutrient Needs: Moderate to high; water column feeder
🐣 Propagation: Stem cuttings

















