In Memoriam: Cym. Pinata 'Erika'

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Cym. Pinata 'Erika' (Tethys x Khyber Pass)

Grieving the loss of this beloved plant, we've only been together 2.5 months. Possibly premature grieving as not dead yet but both pseudobulbs are squishy and new growths also appear to be rotting. May be able to save a rootless back bulb but usually in these situations it's better to toss the whole thing rather than risk infecting other plants.

This is the most I've ever spent on an orchid, that's how fabulous it looked.

This plant went from just about fine, I thought, to pretty darn sick in just a few days. Repotted it over the weekend after flower spike finally started to fade (was in glorious bloom end of Feb, so a good two plus months).
I made all the classic bonehead errors - used an old unsterilized pot; didn't sterilize shears before trimming dead roots. In my defense, the living roots were looking blackened and sick when I pulled it out of the old pot, so it's possible this would have happened anyway.

'Twas a great plant, not going to replace it until I see that my whole Cym collection is free of this scourge.

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