Sreepadma Aqua Flora

[JayP]

Browsed the Sreepadma booth at Aquashella briefly today. I'd not heard of them but they are the largest aquatic plant farm in India and have been selling their TC offerings in the US for about 2 years. I was actually impressed with the qualty I was seeing of their TC cups and wish I had room in a tank for some (and some ADA TC). Has anyone else purchased any of their plants. One of the first that I spotted was Red Tiger Crypt which was a coincidence since we have a thread discussing it.

 

[Mr.Shenanagins]

I don’t think they’ve been on here in a hot minute, but Cherries Nature Aquarium was selling the Sreepadma line.

 

[JayP]

I don’t think they’ve been on here in a hot minute, but Cherries Nature Aquarium was selling the Sreepadma line.

That's actually who was running the booth.

 

[BenB]

I actually thought that Crypt was theirs, but I couldn't find a good enough pic to support my assumption.
I bought their E quinguangulare twice. Once from Cherries and once from my LFS. Both times the cups were in great shape. Might have bought something else too, but I forgot. My LFS told me they had a salesman come buy, and they were trying some. I told them it was great they had something that wasn't the every day basic tc. I haven't been back to see if they got more. This was months ago. They aren't close, and I haven't done much with my tank since I got plants from Joe. I hope to get the E quing again soon. I fried mine by mistake.

 

[MKEnovice]

Yup! Allen Ortega (owner of Cherries NA) is from Milwaukee and well known here! He carries Sreepadma, WeekAqua and 2 Hr Aquarist stuff.
I bought some tissue cultures from him when I was starting out and messed them up. Should revisit him soon!

 

[JayP]

Yup! Allen Ortega (owner of Cherries NA) is from Milwaukee and well known here! He carries Sreepadma, WeekAqua and 2 Hr Aquarist stuff.
I bought some tissue cultures from him when I was starting out and messed them up. Should revisit him soon!

See, the crowd had me flustered. I didn't even realize the booth I saw the Sreepadma stuff was the same booth I saw 2hr Aquarist and Week Aqua stuff. LOL!

 

[JayP]

Yup! Allen Ortega (owner of Cherries NA) is from Milwaukee and well known here

Got the chance to talk to Allen for a few minutes today. Seems like a great small business to support.

 

[BranchScape]

I bought some TC from them when at Dallas Aquashella, all plants did well. I saw they expanded their booths for NJ and Chicago

 

[BenB]

Just placed a Cherries order. We'll see how it goes.
I looked at my order history while I was in the shop. I had ordered a couple things. I can't remember being frustrated, so I guess everything went well.

 

[Akshay]

Browsed the Sreepadma booth at Aquashella briefly today. I'd not heard of them but they are the largest aquatic plant farm in India and have been selling their TC offerings in the US for about 2 years. I was actually impressed with the qualty I was seeing of their TC cups and wish I had room in a tank for some (and some ADA TC). Has anyone else purchased any of their plants. One of the first that I spotted was Red Tiger Crypt which was a coincidence since we have a thread discussing it.

Been in the hobby for 3 years & have never bought anything ( except 2 times) from any one apart from sreepadma , all the plants you see in theese tanks are all Sreepadma Plants
Tho in the US they might only be going with TC cups as I dont think you can ship live plants from India to US ( on 2nd thots why not, I mean fish are shipped across the world aren't they?)
Also I have noticed some of the v v popular US sellers use TC cups that look exactly the same as sreepadma cups , so maybe there is something there
look at the back right corner of the bigger tank , I think this is Crypt spiralis red ( red tiger cryp) , currently it is around 2 ft tall

 

[le.nella]

Thank you all for your kind words! There’s a lot coming to Sreepadma and I’m so excited to bring this to the US. I’m about to bring in some Begonia this coming November , a less common one. And a lot of cool TC coming soon. Potted plants are starting to roll out soon! I’m excited for what’s all coming very soon. Let’s also just say next year everyone’s pond will have some really cool stuff

I’m trying to focus on getting better with the business honestly - in terms of growing haha. I just started a new professional business about a month ago — but hope to begin to put even focus on both Cherries NA + my job. If there are any recommendations to Sreepadma or Cherries NA, please feel free to let me know!

 

[Koan]

If there are any recommendations to Sreepadma or Cherries NA, please feel free to let me know

How about the purple /red plants we can seldom find

• Staurogyne repens purple
• Pogostemon helferi downoi red
• Bacopa salzmanii purple
• Persecaria Sao Paulo
• Persecaria kawagoeanum
• Poaceae sp. Purple bamboo
• Echinodorus sp. Rainbow
• Echinodorus aflame
• Blyxa sp red
• Rotala ramosior Florida

 

[Burr740]

Allen is good people!

 

[BenB]

If there are any recommendations to Sreepadma or Cherries NA, please feel free to let me know!

Blood Vomit. It's impossible to get. Auctions on FB for it are hitting $100. Yeah, might be a low volume item, but so is E quing. BV is a slow grower, might have a very long shelf life in tc.

 

[CincyScaper]

Thank you all for your kind words! There’s a lot coming to Sreepadma and I’m so excited to bring this to the US. I’m about to bring in some Begonia this coming November , a less common one. And a lot of cool TC coming soon. Potted plants are starting to roll out soon! I’m excited for what’s all coming very soon. Let’s also just say next year everyone’s pond will have some really cool stuff

I’m trying to focus on getting better with the business honestly - in terms of growing haha. I just started a new professional business about a month ago — but hope to begin to put even focus on both Cherries NA + my job. If there are any recommendations to Sreepadma or Cherries NA, please feel free to let me know!

Rotala tulunadensis - difficult plant but very pretty. Would love to see this commercially available.

 

[BenB]

Rotala tulunadensis - difficult plant but very pretty. Would love to see this commercially available.

+1

 

[Rob23]

Would love to see TC of Cryptocoryne spiralis v. Caudigera aka "Shola"

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[Dennis Wong]

I like that Sreepadma is offering more unique plant varieties. However, I will not stop making fun of them for using my plant pics on their posts and products. In some photos (like the crypt flamingo, they even bothered to flip the image) while others are processed with AI (their Rotala florida posts).