$244
Median asking price
$137–$350
Middle half of prices
2
Listings seen
0
In stock now
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Median time to sell (0 timed)
How rare is it?
Uncommon in trade (early)
In the wild: Least concern. IUCN Red List: least concern. Native to Indonesia (Sulawesi).
For collectors: Uncommon in trade. 2 listings at 2 shops in 12 days; 0 in stock now. Early estimate: under a month of history.
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By shop
Asking prices, and what sold| Shop | Listings | In stock | Sold | Sold median | Asking median | Low | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Predatory Plants | 1 | $137 | $137 | $137 | |||
| StarHort | 1 | $350 | $350 | $350 |
Clones & forms
Grower codes, clone letters and named forms seen in listing titles| Clone / form | Listings | In stock | Median | Shops |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 'Hero' | 1 | $137 | Predatory Plants |
What the nurseries call it: Highland (Predatory Plants)
Growing conditions
Highland Nepenthes by day by night a typical home the coldest it takes
Needs a controlled setup Usually needs a terrarium, grow tent or cooled/heated space.
- nights 10-20°F cooler than days, ideally below ~60°F (a cool room or a home that drops at night)
- humidity 50%+ helps; many acclimate to less
- dislikes days over ~85°F
- growers count it among the fussier species in its group
Grows at 1,400–2,500 m in the wild.
| Day | 70–82°F (21–28°C) |
| Night | 50–60°F (10–16°C) |
| Never below | 40°F (4°C) |
| Humidity | 60–90% |
| Light | Bright indirect light; good airflow |
| Water | Mineral-free only (rain, distilled, RO; TDS under ~100 ppm, ideally much lower); damp, not waterlogged; no tray. |
| Media | Long-fibre sphagnum + perlite, optional orchid bark |
| Dormancy | none (needs a nightly drop of 10-20F year-round) |
Tom's: ~20-25C days / 10-15C nights, RH at least 50% by day and higher at night. California Carnivores: 70s-80s F days, 50-60s F nights, never below 40F or above 90F. NECPS allows nights down to the 40s F. Highland plants kept warm at night slowly decline.
Likely best temperatures. From its habitat at 1,400–2,500 m: days 20–28 °C (68–82 °F), nights 10–18 °C (50–64 °F). A night-time drop of a few degrees helps; a cooler room at night suits it.
Worked out the way Tom's Carnivores' Nepenthes calculator does it. An estimate: parentage, clone and how a plant was raised all matter, and plants often grow well outside it.
Nepenthes hamata: 1,400–2,500 m · Indonesia (Sulawesi) · IUCN LC · source · Tom's profile