[Ifurita]

I tend to agree. I won't call hamata a cheap or easy to obtain neps, but I will agree that it is easier than seems to be thought. The problem lies here: when N. hamata is small/young, it can be quite sensitve to a change in growng conditions, especially drops in humidity and temperature changes. However, once adapted or if it doesn't go into shock/semi-dormancy, its a fairly easy nep to grow.

Mine can withstand S'pore's normal day temps and are cooled to around 20C at night. They take air-con level humidity and don't get any misting at all. Only my MT hamata is pitchering, the rest are either just coming out from semi-dormancy or are relatively new and still adapting.

BTW what I refer to semi-dormancy is the plant not just halting growth, but converting its growing tip to a tiny green bud. When the plant is fine, the bud opens and new leaves come out. I've not seen any other nep do this before and it differs from the standard shock symptoms so I call it semi-dormancy.