Description
A young rosette plant growing among moss and detritus (left) and a slightly older specimen that has already begun scrambling along the ground (right), both from Mount Katopasa.Nepenthes hamata is a strong climber. The stem, which may be branched, reaches a maximum length of around 7 m. It is terete to obtusely trigonous and varies in diameter from up to 3 mm in rosettes and short stems, to 4–5 mm in climbing stems. In the former, the internodal length is typically up to 6 mm and in the latter 3.5–6 cm.
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