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Orchid Lily Comparison Guides

Use these comparisons when you like the job Orchid Lily does in the scape but want to weigh it against other plants with a similar role, shape, or care profile.

PlacementMidground
LightModerate
DifficultyIntermediate
FlowModerate (Standard)
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Zippel's Fern

Microsorum zippelii

Related Option
Rhizome / Epiphyte Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerLow

Baby Tears

Lindernia rotundifolia

Related Option
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Beckett's Water Trumpet

Cryptocoryne beckettii

Related Option
Rosette / Crown Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerLow

Cardinal Plant

Lobelia cardinalis

Related Option
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

Giant Baby Tears

Micranthemum umbrosum

Related Option
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateHigh

Japanese Cress

Cardamine lyrata

Related Option
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

Java Moss

Taxiphyllum barbieri

Related Option
Moss / Liverwort
Attached to hardscape
Foreground
BeginnerLow

Pinnatifida

Hygrophila pinnatifida

Related Option
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

Red Ammannia

Ammannia pedicellata

Related Option
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateHigh

Scarlet Temple

Alternanthera reineckii

Related Option
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateHigh

Skeleton King

Bucephalandra kishii

Related Option
Rhizome / Epiphyte Plant
Attached to hardscape
Midground
IntermediateModerate

Stargrass

Heteranthera zosterifolia

Related Option
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

Stringy Moss

Leptodictyum riparium

Related Option
Moss / Liverwort
Attached to hardscape
Midground
BeginnerLow

Undulata

Cryptocoryne undulata

Related Option
Rosette / Crown Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerLow

Water Orchid

Spiranthes odorata

Related Option
Rosette / Crown Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

Japanese Bamboo

Blyxa japonica

Related Option
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

Needle Leaf Ludwigia

Ludwigia arcuata

Related Option
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateHigh

Sweet Potato

Ipomoea batatas

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Other
Background
Attached to hardscape
BeginnerModerate

Waterweed

Elodea canadensis

Related Option
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerLow

Boivin's Aponogeton

Aponogeton boivinianus

Related Option
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Background
IntermediateModerate

Broadleaf Crinum

Crinum natans

Related Option
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Background
IntermediateModerate

Water Onion

Crinum thaianum

Related Option
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Background
BeginnerModerate

Anacharis

Egeria densa

Related Option
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Bog Moss

Mayaca fluviatilis

Related Option
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateHigh