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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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Ricefield Weed

Limnophila aromatica

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateHigh

Zippel's Fern

Microsorum zippelii

Works with Planning
Rhizome / Epiphyte Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerLow

Crypt Wendtii

Cryptocoryne wendtii

Works with Planning
Rosette / Crown Plant
Foreground
Midground
BeginnerLow

Green Lily

Nymphaea glandulifera

Works with Planning
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Tricolor Lily

Nymphaea micrantha

Works with Planning
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

Water Wisteria

Hygrophila difformis

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Broadleaf Sagittaria

Sagittaria latifolia

Works with Planning
Stolon / Runner Plant
Background
BeginnerModerate

Leopard Val

Vallisneria nana

Works with Planning
Stolon / Runner Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Broad-leaved Crypt

Cryptocoryne pontederiifolia

Works with Planning
Rosette / Crown Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerLow

Large Ammannia

Ammannia gracilis

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
AdvancedHigh

Madagascar Lace Plant

Aponogeton madagascariensis

Works with Planning
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Midground
Background
AdvancedModerate

Pelia

Monosolenium tenerum

Works with Planning
Moss / Liverwort
Foreground
Midground
BeginnerLow

Banana Plant

Nymphoides aquatica

Works with Planning
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Foreground
Midground
BeginnerModerate

Giant Red Rotala

Rotala macrandra

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
AdvancedHigh

Süßwassertang

Lomariopsis lineata

Works with Planning
Moss / Liverwort
Foreground
Midground
BeginnerLow

Broadleaf Sword

Echinodorus bleheri

Works with Planning
Rosette / Crown Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerLow

Java Moss

Taxiphyllum barbieri

Works with Planning
Moss / Liverwort
Attached to hardscape
Foreground
BeginnerLow

Matto Grosso Milfoil

Myriophyllum mattogrossense

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateModerate

Octopus Plant

Pogostemon stellatus

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Crystalwort

Riccia fluitans

Works with Planning
Moss / Liverwort
Floating
BeginnerModerate

Dwarf Ambulia

Limnophila sessiliflora

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerLow

Dwarf Hygro

Hygrophila polysperma

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerLow

Boivin's Aponogeton

Aponogeton boivinianus

Works with Planning
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Background
IntermediateModerate

Congo Anubias

Anubias heterophylla

Works with Planning
Rhizome / Epiphyte Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerLow