I'm guessing you got this from Morrisons.

“CARE: This bogplant prefers much light. Place the pot in a saucer with much water.”

Mine states exactly the same! I was also worried about the amount of flies in the store too!

I got 4 plants from there on the 22nd June.
drosera aliciae
drosera paradoxa
dionaea muscipula (venus fly-trap)
sarracenia purpurea

Been doing my best to find out how to look after them! It's much more harder than I thought. Hope the following helps.

Do not repot! This is something I've read over and over for the beginner. From the amount of problems I've read that can occur from repotting I'm leaving them well alone! These plants also require a certain type of soil. Also, it's extremely easy to damage the roots of the plants. My plants are growing so they must be happy in the soil they're in.

All carnivorous plants do not like tap water of any kind. Most sites recommend rainwater. Pretty difficult at the moment considering we're in the middle of a drought! The alternative is to use/make distilled water. This is where you boil water and capture the steam. I'm still trying to figure out how exactly I'm going to do this in my kitchen.
I initially used cooled-down boiled water but have since learned that it doesn't do enough to keep the plants alive. Many chemicals are still present in the water which poisons the plant.

SUMMER
Most carnivorous plants like it very wet so I doubt you're at risk of over-watering.
I've learned that these plants like high humidity and do not like the cold. They have to be kept warm.

I've temporarily got around this by putting an old fishtank over them and placing a cup of just boiled water in there. They're not in this all day. I do this for them at night and early morning. At this very moment they're sitting in my back garden without the tank, soaking up the sun.

A few sites have recommended using an old transparent plastic bottle. Cut the ends off the bottle (so it's like a cylinder) and place that over the plant and you have a humidity chamber! This is what I will do. Using my fishtank may produce higher-humidity, but it doesn't allow them to catch insects (I've been feeding them which is great fun!) and it prevents much needed air getting to them. These plants do like fresh air. So, the home-made humidity chamber is the best and cheapest route, I think. :o)

WINTER
Most carnivorous plants have a dormancy period during winter. Bit like hibernation. During this time there ambient temp should be much lower and watering should be greatly reduced. Summertime they like it wet! Winter they like it damp. During this dormancy period many people throw the plants away because they look dead. Completely dead! They're not.

This info is general to carnivorous plants. Some plants will have very specific requirements but I hope this helps you :o)

J

J
Thanks for all the info on Drosera Aliciae ... and you’re quite correct, it was Morrisons where I came upon this plant.

I was also tempted by the other insect catching plants they had, but unfortunately they weren’t looking too healthy (I tend to find although Morrisons have water matting under their plants, they don’t seem to put any water on it!)

In regards to all your advice, it sounds like your plants are getting much better treatment than mine (I hang my head in shame ...). So, I’m definitely going to follow your advise and get some distilled water ...or maybe give them some water from the well ... do you think bottled water would be any good as well?

And I’m going to make a little humidity chamber for it as well ... I’ve just taken all my plastic bottles to be recycled but the next one is definitely going to get ‘recycled’ into a home for drosera aliciae!

Years ago I had a lovely collection of carniverous plants including a sundew. I didn't have access to rainwater so bought de-ionised water from car accessory shops. The water would more usually be used for topping up car batteries.

Don't get carried away feeding carniverous plants, they generally catch enough of their own. A fly is a very rich source of nutrients and you can overfeed quite easily. If your sundew doesn't catch anything it is unlikely to die. It just won't be as strong and healthy as a plant which has caught the odd fly. I've seen it suggested that you give no plant more than one small fly/bug per week and preferably less.

I also had several different pitcher plants and a venus flytrap. Sadly I had a change in circumstances which meant my care became less loving and I lost the lot. Sniff.

My directions are also exactly the same, but I found my bogplant in "Plantagen" in Sweden.