Encyclia Dickinsoniana seedling... tough to grow?

[cythaenopsis]

Thanks for the moral support.

I figured if the plant stayed healthy for a good 6 months, I'd be able to consider it a success and see it grow into an adult plant. It did grow some, but also shed some leaves along the way. Then, there was this mysterious tipping point when the growth stopped and it gradually shed more leaves. Roots never seemed to be rotten. But, this was the smallest of the seedlings... and I'm a novice with orchids, so I'll just chalk it up to the difficult odds of growing seedlings.