Cattleya orchid 'eyes'

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This thread just comes out of some interest from this thread here Click Here about an orchid having no roots and deteriorated leaves etc.

The thread eventually has a mention about 'eyes' of cattleya, which raises a couple of questions - about eyes.

I did some searching, but haven't yet found details for answers.

Anybody know if a cattleya can run out of 'eyes' for cases where all the existing eyes are taken out by rot etc?

For example - if a cattleya is somehow able to become stabilised after rotting (eg. rot treatment successful), and supposing it still has a leaf and some roots that can still function, and assuming all 'eye's are destroyed or not existing -------- then can the cattleya possibly generate new 'eyes' from which to grow new bulbs?

Or is there a condition (?) where if all the life-lines (eyes) are gone, then it's a one way ticket to ......... not good.