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I am looking for some species of carnivorous plant that does well in lower light conditions. I would like to place a plant in my living room, but my apartment is east facing and has a wide balcony between the living room wall and the exterior of the balcony. I have several nepenthes, cephalotus, dionaea, and sarracenia in a dedicated grow area, but would like something for more decorative purposes. I've heard some drosera and utricularia do well in such conditions. I would appreciate any advice from anyone willing to help.

Sarracenia psitticina and purpurea can be grown well in lower light. A hanging basket of drosera might look nice and some can do well in lower light.

How many hours of direct sunlight on the grow area are we talking about?

Almost no direct sun in this area. It stays moderately bright, but the patio is too deep to allow any direct sun into the interior space.

You can grow almost any butterworts, cephalotus, or Queensland sundews in that area.

Darlingtonia will do fine there. Do will D. adelae, and probably S. purpurea.

If it doesn't get too hot pings will also do well.

pb93+ wrote: ↑Mon Jul 27, 2020 3:42 pm Almost no direct sun in this area. It stays moderately bright, but the patio is too deep to allow any direct sun into the interior space.

Ouch, that's not much light. As Joshuamarshall792 recommends the Australian lance leaf sundew aka Drosera adelae. I doubt much else would work, and I'm not too sure about that, but its worth a try. I'd probably go with the "giant" form but your tastes may differ.

A lot of Mexican Pinguiculas do good in low light, one is P. emarginata