The first question will be difficult to answer, the first for the VFT. Usually buying a VFT this time of the year is bad because itâÂÂs hard to guess whether or not it may begun itâÂÂs dormancy period, plus stressed may lead to the death of the plant. But it could be it is already dormant & a dormant VFT doesnâÂÂt look pretty at all. Small leaves, unresponsive or sluggish traps.

See my plants in their dormancy? Not pretty: small sluggish traps, the rosette surrounded by dead leaves.
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But unless you post a photo of your VFT, someone may can let you know if itâÂÂs dormant or simply a stressed out plant. If the plant has been at the store for more than a month & the leaves are long & floppy, it may be starving of sunlight. If you ever buy a plant at the store, better buy it when they are new arrivals.

Will it flower next year? Hard to say, you may have to small a plant or itâÂÂs stressed out & weak. I do advice to new people that you cut the flower scape when it barely emerges, it will suck all the energy from the plant & kill it if you let it grow. Only experienced growers will risk their plants to flower.

Drosera seeds may germinate in a couple of weeks up to 4 months. But when they do, they will be small little plantlets. It will take at least a couple of years for the binata to reach flowering size, tokaiensis about 6 to 8 months.

IâÂÂm assuming the 60w grow light (if itâÂÂs designed for plants) have the right amount of lumen & temperature optimal for plants. But in my experience, fluorescent light with temperatures of at least 5000k with lumens at least over 1000 is better. The fluorescent 13w 4100k 900 lumen bulb is too dim