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Water Orchid Coexistence Guides

Water Orchid is most often used midground and background, so these coexistence guides focus on other plants that can share that space and care envelope without turning the scape into a maintenance fight.

PlacementMidground
LightModerate
DifficultyIntermediate
FlowModerate (Standard)
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Sprouting Hairgrass

Eleocharis vivipara

Grows Well Together
Stolon / Runner Plant
Background
Midground
IntermediateModerate

Water Primrose

Ludwigia palustris

Grows Well Together
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Willisii

Cryptocoryne x willisii

Grows Well Together
Rosette / Crown Plant
Foreground
Midground
BeginnerLow

Christmas Moss

Vesicularia montagnei

Grows Well Together
Moss / Liverwort
Attached to hardscape
Foreground
BeginnerModerate

Japanese Cress

Cardamine lyrata

Grows Well Together
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

Marimo Moss Ball

Aegagropila linnaei

Grows Well Together
Other
Foreground
Midground
BeginnerLow

Weeping Moss

Vesicularia ferriei

Grows Well Together
Moss / Liverwort
Attached to hardscape
Foreground
BeginnerModerate

African Onion Plant

Crinum calamistratum

Grows Well Together
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Balansae

Cryptocoryne crispatula

Grows Well Together
Rosette / Crown Plant
Background
Midground
BeginnerModerate

Capuron's Aponogeton

Aponogeton capuronii

Works with Planning
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Midground
Background
AdvancedModerate

Creeping Ludwigia

Ludwigia repens

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Red Ammannia

Ammannia pedicellata

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateHigh

Scarlet Temple

Alternanthera reineckii

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateHigh

Dwarf Sagittaria

Sagittaria subulata

Works with Planning
Stolon / Runner Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
BeginnerLow

Glosso

Glossostigma elatinoides

Works with Planning
Stolon / Runner Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
AdvancedHigh

Stargrass

Heteranthera zosterifolia

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

Water Hedge

Didiplis diandra

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
AdvancedHigh

Willow Moss

Fontinalis antipyretica

Works with Planning
Moss / Liverwort
Attached to hardscape
Midground
BeginnerLow

Ashy Pipewort

Eriocaulon cinereum

Works with Planning
Rosette / Crown Plant
Foreground
Midground
AdvancedHigh

Creeping Jenny

Lysimachia nummularia

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Melon Sword

Echinodorus osiris

Works with Planning
Rosette / Crown Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Tonina

Tonina fluviatilis

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
AdvancedHigh

Tornado Ludwigia

Ludwigia inclinata

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
AdvancedHigh

Water Onion

Crinum thaianum

Works with Planning
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Background
BeginnerModerate