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Hi Laura, burnt earth has been translated for me as just fire kilned clay. Rather similar to how bricks are made or how leca is made. It is just the burnt earth is rather raw because clayey soil is unevenly heated.
No idea why and how it works but it seems that everyone who has tried it in this region has got excellent success with the difficult species such as N. northiana and N. campanulata. A substitute you may use is Schultz APS/Fuller's earth, a media used for Pinguicula.
Now I'm worried, though, since I have the N. campanulata in an LFS/perlite/pumice mix. So far it's doing pretty well, but I might repot it with some APS.
I just had a change to tend to my Nepenthes for the first time in a couple of weeks, and boy were they ever neglected! The bigger ones were fine; but, the small to medium sized ones were so dehydrated, and all their leaves were shriveled up and stiff. I watered them (liberally) and now they look as good as new; except for the massive loss of pitchers. Once again, Cindy; I wish my plants (on their best days) looked as good as your on yours' worst days!
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