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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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Giant Baby Tears

Micranthemum umbrosum

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateHigh

Dwarf Rotala

Rotala rotundifolia

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Dwarf Water Lily

Nymphaea stellata

Works with Planning
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Golden Nesaea

Nesaea crassicaulis

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
AdvancedHigh

Pearl Weed

Hemianthus micranthemoides

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
BeginnerModerate

Prieto's Plant

Schismatoglottis prietoi

Works with Planning
Rhizome / Epiphyte Plant
Foreground
Midground
BeginnerLow

Singapore Moss

Vesicularia dubyana

Works with Planning
Moss / Liverwort
Attached to hardscape
Foreground
BeginnerLow

Taiwan Moss

Taxiphyllum alternans

Works with Planning
Moss / Liverwort
Attached to hardscape
Foreground
BeginnerLow

Temple Plant

Hygrophila corymbosa

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Beckett's Water Trumpet

Cryptocoryne beckettii

Works with Planning
Rosette / Crown Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerLow

Cryptocoryne Lutea

Cryptocoryne walkeri var. lutea

Works with Planning
Rosette / Crown Plant
Foreground
Midground
BeginnerLow

Giant Crypt

Cryptocoryne usteriana

Works with Planning
Rosette / Crown Plant
Background
BeginnerLow

HC Cuba / Dwarf Baby Tears

Hemianthus callitrichoides

Works with Planning
Stolon / Runner Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
IntermediateHigh

Long-leaf Aponogeton

Aponogeton longiplumulosus

Works with Planning
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Background
BeginnerModerate

Ruffled Aponogeton

Aponogeton crispus

Works with Planning
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Undulata

Cryptocoryne undulata

Works with Planning
Rosette / Crown Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerLow

Wendtii Crypt

Cryptocoryne wendtii

Works with Planning
Rosette / Crown Plant
Foreground
Midground
BeginnerLow

Whorly Rotala

Rotala wallichii

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
AdvancedHigh

Amazon Sword

Echinodorus amazonicus

Works with Planning
Rosette / Crown Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Orchid Lily

Barclaya longifolia

Works with Planning
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

Uruguay Sword

Echinodorus uruguayensis

Works with Planning
Rosette / Crown Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Afzel's Anubias

Anubias afzelii

Works with Planning
Rhizome / Epiphyte Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerLow

Anubias Barteri

Anubias barteri

Works with Planning
Rhizome / Epiphyte Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerLow

Java Fern

Leptochilus pteropus

Works with Planning
Rhizome / Epiphyte Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerLow