With knife-sharp hooks for a peristome, Nepenthes hamata is insect nightmare fuel and, hands-down, the most vicious looking tropical pitcher plant. If I were an insect, I'd refer to this as a Nope-enthes.

2024年11月28日 · N. hamata is one of the truly iconic highland Nepenthes species, and many people’s favourite. It’s endemic to the island of Sulawesi, east of Borneo, and is famous for its highly developed peristome. The lower pitchers are dark and highly speckled, with a mouth surrounded by wickedly hooked teeth.

2022年8月15日 · This includes crosses of hamata (10), villosa (3), edwardsiana, diabolica, rajah, robcantleyi, and veitchii (4); all of which I am growing above their recommended temperature ranges. The highlights of my collection include a villosa x hamata and a recently-acquired hamata x …

2015年11月21日 · Nepenthes hamata is one of the most desirable and iconic of all nepenthes. Although it has been described for over 30 years, the shear demand and relative difficulty in cultivation has kept this as a collectors plant and very expensive.

For any carnivorous plant enthusiast, the Nepenthes Hamata is a crown jewel. This majestic species, endemic to the island of Sulawesi, Indonesia, boasts not only captivating looks but also unique ecological adaptations. Over the years, I’ve fielded many questions about this …

First published in Reinwardtia 10: 108 (1985 publ. 1984) The native range of this species is Central Sulawesi. It is a liana and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. Discover the flowering plant tree of life and the genomic data used to build it. Cheek, M. & Jebb, M. (2001). Flora Malesiana 15: 1-164. Noordhoff-Kolff N.V., Djakarta.

Nepenthes hamata, is a very rare, highly sought-after vicious looking nepenthes with dramatic fang-like projections on a highly ribbed dark peristome appearing as a dramatic collar of death. It is a fast growing carnivorous tropical pitcher plant with large, 6+" with tubes that are heavily blotched and streaked in red on an olive green background.

Nepenthes hamata has the infamous "toothed" peristome with the fierce looking pitcher. This is a must for any Nepenthes enthusiast. Even the lid has tentacle, medusa-esque, looking hairs growing off of it.

Nepenthes hamata /nɪˈpɛnθiːz həˈmɑːtə/ is a tropical pitcher plant endemic to Sulawesi, where it grows at elevations of 1400–2500 m above sea level. Most organisms interact with other organisms in some way or another, and how they do so …

Nepenthes hamata is a tropical pitcher plant endemic to Sulawesi, where it grows at elevations of 1400–2500 m above sea level. The specific epithet hamata is derived from the Latin word hamatus, meaning "hooked". It describes the appearance of …