How many orchids have you lost?

[Paul Mc]

OK, so this is a morbid question but I'm curious about ratios primarily here.

In all your years of growing, how many orchids have you had and currently have, and out of those how many have you lost? Perhaps if you know why you lost them it would be nice to know as well.

I'm only curious because as my collection expands I'd like to know what other people's experiences are in this regards. I have 44 different orchids now, and that's minus one that produced a keiki and then died so not really sure that it counts since I have a baby, lol... I lost mine to a combination of medium issues, going from way to wet to way to dry before getting it just right. But the damage had already been done.

It would sicken me to lose the whole bunch and have to start all over again!

And I apologize in advance for bringing forth bad memories to those of you who have actually lost entire collections.