Water Spangles
Salvinia minima
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerLow
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Water Orchid Comparison Guides
Use these comparisons when you like the job Water Orchid 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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Crystalwort
Riccia fluitans
Moss / Liverwort
Floating
BeginnerModerate
Dwarf Chain Sword
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Stolon / Runner Plant
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Carpeting
BeginnerModerate
Dwarf Hairgrass
Eleocharis parvula
Stolon / Runner Plant
Foreground
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IntermediateModerate
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Lilaeopsis mauritiana
Stolon / Runner Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
IntermediateModerate
Micro Sword
Lilaeopsis brasiliensis
Stolon / Runner Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
IntermediateModerate
Monte Carlo
Micranthemum tweediei
Stem Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
IntermediateModerate
Giant Salvinia
Salvinia molesta
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerModerate
Water Cabbage
Pistia stratiotes
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerModerate
Asian Watergrass
Hygroryza aristata
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerModerate
Glosso
Glossostigma elatinoides
Stolon / Runner Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
AdvancedHigh
HC Cuba / Dwarf Baby Tears
Hemianthus callitrichoides
Stolon / Runner Plant
Foreground
Carpeting
IntermediateHigh
Carolina Mosquito Fern
Azolla caroliniana
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerModerate
Floating Water Sprite
Ceratopteris cornuta
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerModerate
Giant Duckweed
Spirodela polyrhiza
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerLow
Water Hyacinth
Eichhornia crassipes
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerHigh
Common Duckweed
Lemna minor
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerLow
Water Fern
Azolla filiculoides
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerModerate
Watermeal
Wolffia arrhiza
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerModerate