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Compost: Living
sphagnum moss with bark or perlite and sphagnum peat, in the approximate
ratio 3:1:1.
Watering: Daily. Cultivation Difficulty: Challenging (3); often requires fairly cool nights and high humidity. Propagation: No experience. Distribution: Sulawesi.1 Ecology: Open ridge-tops, rooted in moss and ascending into trees; 1400-2500 m.1 |
| N. hamata lower pitcher |
| Truly one of the most vicious-looking Nepenthes, the peristome of N. hamata is surrounded by perilous looking teeth. Lower pitchers are flecked with dark red, as shown, while upper pitchers are generally almost pure green. This species enjoys very high humidity, and responds well to typical highland conditions. |
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| 1M. Jebb and M. Cheek, A Skeletal Revision of Nepenthes (Nepenthaceae), Blumea 42(1), 1997, p. 47. |