A Tried and tested list of plants that work well in a Riparium setup
Dwarf Palm
Neanthe Bella
Wandering Jew (Tradescantia )
Peace Lily (Spathiphyllum)
Spider Plant
Pothos
Altherna (Scarlet Temple)
Prayer plant (Maranta)
Helxine soleirolii
Aloe
Croton various
Lucky Bamboo (Dracaena braunii)
Dragon's Tongue (Hemigraphis repanda)
Purple waffle (Hemigraphis colorata 'Exotica')
Chinese evergreen (Aglaonema)
Polka-dot plant (Hypoestes phyllostachya)
Raspberry Swirl Joseph's Coat (Alternanthera ficoidea 'Raspberry Swirl')
Sweet Flag Heart leaf philodendron (Philodendron cordatum)
Arrowhead plant (Sagittaria___)
Ruellia brittoniana 'Katie'
Coleus
Maidenhair fern
Dwarf Lobelia cardinal
Friendship Plant (Pilea involucrata)
Aluminum plant (Pilea Cadierei)
Anthurium Dwarf Cyperus
Laguncularia white mangrove
Star Grass, Ajuga "chocolate chip"
Umbrella grass
Pilea cadierei "pan am"
Pilea cadierei minima "aluminum"
Wedelia trilobata
Selaginella sp gold
Lidard's tail (Saururus cernuus)
African violet (Saintpaulia sp.)
Good plants to begin with from the above list are the peace lillies, Pothos and Lucky Bamboo.
Riparium Plant List
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Spooky..
I took some pics of my Pothos/Devil's Ivy yesterday to post today!
Great list.
Crinum Thaianum works. I've had one in a pot on the windowsill for years before learning it is aquatic. Leaves will trail over the water surface.
Hydrocotyle leucocephala is another that in my tank (soft. low light) grows badly in water but really well as a riparian where it trails into the water.
pic 1. general view of Pothos/devil's Ivy (Epipremnum aureum).
It's escaped the aquarium and you can just see a strand climbing the wall to the left, and to the right it covers the width of the chimney breast, heading towards the window. 60+ leaves, some as big as my hand.
pic 2. Stem of Pothos I've just removed. On the left is the string to hang it from a picture hook on the wall. The dark 'root' to the right is an adventitious/aerial root that when it reaches the water puts out normal roots. I cut this off as there was a second root further along the stem which has reached the water, so this tatty one was no longer needed.
pic 3. Hydrocotyle leucocephala, looking a lot better than when it is purely aquatic in my tank.
I took some pics of my Pothos/Devil's Ivy yesterday to post today!
Great list.
Crinum Thaianum works. I've had one in a pot on the windowsill for years before learning it is aquatic. Leaves will trail over the water surface.
Hydrocotyle leucocephala is another that in my tank (soft. low light) grows badly in water but really well as a riparian where it trails into the water.
pic 1. general view of Pothos/devil's Ivy (Epipremnum aureum).
It's escaped the aquarium and you can just see a strand climbing the wall to the left, and to the right it covers the width of the chimney breast, heading towards the window. 60+ leaves, some as big as my hand.
pic 2. Stem of Pothos I've just removed. On the left is the string to hang it from a picture hook on the wall. The dark 'root' to the right is an adventitious/aerial root that when it reaches the water puts out normal roots. I cut this off as there was a second root further along the stem which has reached the water, so this tatty one was no longer needed.
pic 3. Hydrocotyle leucocephala, looking a lot better than when it is purely aquatic in my tank.
135L 36"x15"x15" Currently Harlequin Rasbora (Trigonostigma heteromorpha), Green Neon Tetra (Paracheirodon simulans), Otos (probably Otocinclus macrospilus).
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Not sure if it's truly riparian, but when I don't touch the bacopa caroliniana in my 30 litre tank it stretches up out of the water toward the light. They also flower, but I've never seen them do that.