N. bicalcarata
N. campanulata
N. clipeata
N. ephippiata
N. fallax
N. lowii
N. muluensis
N. tentaculata
N. x Trusmadiensis
N. veitchii
N. villosa
N. albomarginata
N. insignis
N. sp. Doormans Top 1
N. sp. Doormans Top 2
N. aristolochioides
N. dubia
N. inermis
N. izumiae
N. jacquelinae
N. spec. nov. Sumatra
N. eymae
N. glabrata
N. hamata
N. tentaculata
N. madagascariensis
N. masoalensis
N. pervillei
N. hamata (Gunung Lumut)

These photographs nicely illustrate how bizarre the peristome especially of the upper pitchers of Nepenthes hamata is built. The pictures were taken on Gunung Lumut in Sulawesi. Interestingly most plants here grow as epiphytes high up in the trees.

Nepenthes hamata (Gunung Lumut, Sulawesi) Intermediate pitcher.


Nepenthes hamata (Gunung Lumut, Sulawesi) Young plants with lower pitchers.


Nepenthes hamata (Gunung Lumut, Sulawesi) Lower pitchers.


Nepenthes hamata (Gunung Lumut, Sulawesi) Leaf attachment - note the similarity to the closely related N. tentaculata.


Nepenthes hamata (Gunung Lumut, Sulawesi) Comparison of upper and lower pitchers.


Nepenthes hamata (Gunung Lumut, Sulawesi) Upper pitchers - note the spectacular peristome!


Nepenthes hamata (Gunung Lumut, Sulawesi) Habitat


Nepenthes hamata (Gunung Lumut, Sulawesi) Often plants grow high up in the trees.


Nepenthes hamata in cultivation