Bye bye Cattleya loddigesii.....
It bloomed last year for me, unfortunately the large pink blooms showed color breaks. Not a good thing at all. I was hoping it was due to Thrips or something amiss culture-wise. I decided to hang on to the plant for another year. I kept it separate from my other Orchids which turned it into a real estate hog.... but I was hoping.
This week 3 blooms opened and now the plant had to be tossed.
(Not to fear, I picked up another small C loddigesii from a different vendor.)
Have a look -

Ursula, is this a virus that causes the color breaks?

Most likely. After a year it's not worth infecting the others!
I tossed 2 Tolumnias and Miltonia Andrea West 'Wild West' today. They've been lumping along all summer and finally lost their leaves. Must be something in the stars.
Bye-bye!!

What Kathy said! Most likely! Even if it is not, it wouldn't be worth growing a plant like that.
Fare well .....

Farewell to a beautiful red.
Pot. Ching Hua Flame 'Red Rose'.

Ouch, that must have hurt! What happened?

Bummer, I would hate to lose a red one like that.

Just rot and scale. It was growing in aliflor but even then....

Lost Maxillaria pulla officially today. And my Korean form Sedirea. Neither had flowered. Rest in peace, little ones.

Ouch!!

Oh dear brassia -- pehaps I loved you too much! It seems that the photograph has followed you to the great beyond!

Funny, but sad.

Oh dear!

My thoughts are with you Jean , in your time of sadness.

Bye bye Ornithocephalus inflexus. At least the Ornithocephalus myrticola is alive....

Don't feel bad, these are tough to grow I think. I struck out too with that one.

Thanks for telling me, Ursula!

Bye-bye Den. moniliforme 'Nichirin.'

Awww

I think you have this one kathy. It just kept branching and blooming for about 10 months, then died