Orange Ricordea (Florida)
A variant of Ricordea mushroom (Ricordea florida)
Representative Ricordea mushroomphoto — a dedicated image of this exact morph isn't available yet.
A solid, saturated orange Florida Ricordea polyp with rows of round vesicles and a contrasting fluorescent-green or pink mouth.
📜 Backstory
One of the classic wild-collected Ricordea florida color morphs, widely stocked by KP Aquatics, Foxy Saltwater Tropicals and Pacific East Aquaculture. KP Aquatics describes orange as 'one of the most beautiful and sought after ricordea.' Origin is straightforward wild Caribbean/Florida collection rather than a designer line.
Keeper tips for this variant
An easy beginner mushroom; give it medium light and low-to-medium flow on the sandbed or lower rockwork and it will inflate large and reproduce by division/pedal laceration.