🌿 Rotala Macrandra Mini Red (Rotala macrandra 'Mini Red', also known as 'Butterfly')
Small, Deep-Red Leaves • Compact, Upright Stem Plant • A Dramatic Red Showpiece
 
📋 Rotala Macrandra Mini Red, also sold as Rotala Butterfly, is a dramatic red stem plant with smaller, more compact leaves than the classic Rotala macrandra. Grown underwater, its stems stand upright and its leaves glow a deep, rich red, making a striking contrast to green foliage in the midground or background. It's a prized centrepiece for Dutch-style aquascapes and high-end planted displays.
It's a plant for well-equipped tanks, and it rewards them with spectacular colour. Give it strong light, rich nutrients and steady CO2, and trim it regularly; replanted tops quickly fill out into a dense, glowing red group. For its larger, rippled-leaf cousin, see Rotala Macrandra Wavy.
It's a freshwater plant, suited to freshwater aquariums.
 
💡 Highlights
❤️ Deep Red Leaves: Rich, dramatic colour underwater
🌿 Compact Leaf Form: Smaller leaves for a refined look
✨ Red Showpiece: A prized high-tech centrepiece
🎨 Striking Contrast: Glows beside green plants
✂️ Easy Propagation: Trim and replant the tops