Ricordea florida “Ultra Orange Splash” – Mega Colour – Frag (Photo Reference)

🟠💚 Ricordea florida “Ultra Orange Splash” – Mega Colour – Frag (Photo Reference)
Ricordea florida – Ultra-Grade Mushroom Coral With Intense Orange Base & Electric Green Splashes (Representative Photo)

🧬 Overview
The Ricordea florida “Ultra Orange Splash” is a mega-colour Ricordea prized for its blazing orange base dramatically contrasted by bright green splashes and highlights across the oral disc.
Under blue/actinic lighting, the green accents ignite, while daylight reveals rich citrus-orange tones with exceptional depth and texture.

⚠️ This is NOT WYSIWYG — the photo shown is a representative example.
You will receive a healthy, tank-grown Ricordea of the same morph and colour profile. Natural variation in pattern, splash distribution, and intensity is normal and expected.

🔹 Quick Stats

• Care Level: Easy to Moderate

• Temperament: Peaceful

• Colour Form: Ultra-bright orange with vivid green splashes (mega colour grade)

• Lighting: Low to Medium (PAR 80–200)

• Water Flow: Low to moderate, indirect

• Placement: Lower to mid rockwork, sand bed, or Ricordea gardens

💡 Growth & Colour
Ricordea florida grows slowly but steadily, developing thicker tissue and richer colour with time. Under stable conditions, expect:

• intensified orange saturation

• clearer, more defined green splash patterns

• gradual expansion and occasional natural splitting

Slightly nutrient-rich systems help maintain colour intensity and tissue fullness.

🍽️ Care & Feeding
While photosynthetic, Ricordea florida benefits from occasional feeding:

• finely chopped meaty foods (mysis, brine shrimp)

• powdered coral foods or reef roids (very small amounts)

• feeding 1–2× weekly enhances size and colour depth

📈 Optimal Parameters

• Alkalinity: 7.5–9.0 dKH

• Calcium: 400–450 ppm

• Magnesium: 1250–1400 ppm

• Nitrate: 3–15 ppm

• Phosphate: 0.05–0.15 ppm

📍 Placement
Place in lower-flow areas where the oral disc can fully inflate without folding. Avoid strong direct flow, which can cause detachment or reduced expansion.

🟠💚 Ricordea florida “Ultra Orange Splash” – Mega Colour
A high-end Ricordea delivering maximum orange intensity with explosive green contrast.
Tank-grown and carefully selected — supplied as a healthy specimen similar to the photo shown, with natural and beautiful variation.