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I ordered a Drosera Capensis from Amazon and it will be here soon. Here's a picture: Do I treat these the same as my flytraps and pitchers? Do they require a different/lighting/watering?

This plant will do fine if treated like venus flytraps or sarracenia. The only thing different is that it doesn't naturally have a cold dormancy. If you like in an area where it doesn't get freezing over winter, you can leave them outside. I would bring them into a sheltered area if you live in a cold region. However, the plant is tough and can go into a dormant state in cold weather and resume growth in spring.

I have not tried this, but I read in The Savage Garden that If you put a capensis on a windowsill in the winter, it will go semi-dormant and grow slowly but will survive. Maybe wait till it flowers and sets seeds and then experiment. Capensis is the weed of the CP world, it is actually an invasive plant in New Zealand!