Customer Rating: 
Summary: Needs a terrarium -- learn from 1-star reviews
Comment: My plant looks pretty much like the left-most picture shown -- very cute, a mixture of some green and some dark red with some brick red. Unless your humidity rivals that of a bog, you will probably need a well sealed terrarium to grow this plant. It sounds to me like the 1-star and 2-star reviewers didn't use a terrarium, and their plant died of dehydration. Explicit planting instructions were provided, with details like "don't ever fertilize", don't plant in soil, and cautions about watering only with distilled water.
After reading other reviews of carnivorous swamp plants shipped from this company, I requested expedited shipping. This was worth the high cost, because even so the soil was dry when the plant arrived. My plant took no damage in transit, I immediately watered it well with distilled water, and my plant is doing fine in my terrarium.
Consider purchasing a "grow from seed" carnivorous plant terrarium to give you perfect growing environment and soil (or rather soil substitute). We did this by hapenstance for my daughter for Christmas: one person gave her a terrarium with venus fly trap seeds that didn't sprout, and another person gave her a venus fly trap from a local store that was (we figured out later) stressed from dehydration. That venus fly trap, after a bit of die-back from having being dehydrated, has thrived. I've just received this red venus fly trap, so I can't say for sure just now, but I expect it to suffer less die-back than the one from the local store, because it was only water-deprived for two days in transit instead of who-knows-how-long at the store.
--- At two weeks after arriving, three leaves died from the
stress of transport (turned black, and I clipped them as instructed). My plant has signs of new growth and appears very happy. When watering, remember that this is a swamp plant. An "is it wet" device from a plant store will help you judge watering levels.
-- Four months out: my plant lost a few more leaves in the first two months. Since then, it has grown slowly and the color has deepened to burgundy on most of the plant. Since my other Venus Fly Trap (green) grew slowly as well these past few months, I suspect the slow growth is time-of-year related.
