the plant is big. it has leaves going roughly 3-4" wide with no algae. it had at the time roughly 5 leaves witha few more sprouting up. the shoot was inceridble- it grew like 2-4" every day till it broke the water's surface to flower! the color ws fabulous: it was a light pink with white puffs dotting the edges and lining. it was wonderful! i consider it the capstone of my planted tank endeavour!