There is potential for the next time it blooms! I hate when these things happen. I have a cattleya that is in spike at the moment. It had two buds and one was blocked by a leaf on the same plant and aborted after it was half size. The other looks fine, but so disappointing after the wait.
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Oh don't the day seem lank and long, when all goes right, and nothing goes wrong.
And isn't your life extremely flat, when you've nothing whatever to grumble at. W.S. Gilbert