Will artificial light (light from a light bulb) affect/harm my Venus fly trap's dormancy? I do not know how old the plant is. It's about 3 inches in diameter. It is still in the container I bought it in (a small plastic pot with moss). I plan on repotting it in a bigger pot later. The plant has some traps (or however they're called) that are black, and the whole plant is limp. I found some information that said this is normal for the plant when it is in its dormancy period. Since it needs to be cool during dormancy, I have kept it on the sill of a west-facing window in my dorm room (the only cool place in the room). The temperature there specifically is in the 50s even though the rest of the room is in the 70s. I would like to keep it there because the sunlight it gets is controlled by the real world and not by me. However, during the night, a light is turned on outside the window that hits the plant. Will this artificial light affect the dormancy? If so, will shutting the blinds/blocking the light at night fix the light problem? I cannot shut off that light or nor do I have another window.