Question
best coolish kitchen fly catching plant please

Answer
Hello Martha,

If I understand your question, you want to know what carnivorous plant would be the best as an indoors fly trapper. Generally, people get carnivorous plants for their unique qualities and beauty, not really for their applied abilities. They are just as likely to trap a fly as attract it into your home by their nectar and smell.

If you are still interested in obtaining and keeping a carnivorous plant you might try a Nepenthes or a large tropical sundew, like a Drosera capensis, as those plants are relatively easy to grow indoors, do not require dormancy, and are capable of trapping flies. They might put a dent in the fly population and they might just attract more flies than before.

Remember that most carnivorous plants require far more light than typical Ivies, so they will need a good south or east facing window and might even need additional florescent lights to survive inside.

Christopher