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Orchid Lily

Barclaya longifolia

Also called Long Leaf Barclaya

Orchid Lily
Photo: Ito Y, Barfod A, CC BY 4.0
Family
Nymphaeaceae (Water-lily family)
Grows as
Aquatic, Perennial
Native range
Indo-China to NW. Pen. Malaysia
Climate
wet tropical

About

Barclaya longifolia is a species of perennial aquatic plant native to the region of Indo-China to Northwest Peninsular Malaysia.

How to grow it

It is a popular aquarium plant. It can be easily cultivated in a mixture of pH-neutral, loamy and mineral soils at temperatures of 26-29°C.

Other Barclaya plants

Barclaya hirta · Barclaya kunstleri · Barclaya motleyi · Barclaya panchorensis · Barclaya rotundifolia · Barclaya rugosa · Barclaya wellyi · Barclaya

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Barclaya longifolia by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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