This is one of the reasons that I LOVE SVO Orchids! Fred really treats the customers first class.

As my AOS discount, Fred sent me a 4" blooming sized LC Miss Wonderful and it is fully in sheath AND he sent me a 4" blooming sized Lc. Miss Wonderful x (Lc. Tokyo Magic x Slc. Dream Cloud) 'Heart of Gold' and it is in bud!! Woot!

Score!

Plus my other TC plants are very large with lots of new growths.

Great! They all look really healthy.

Well since I ordered from SVO they have been sending me tempting email with new plants. I am a sucker for spotted catts so I bought SVO2376 - 4inch
Slc. Orchidom Leopard 'SVO' HCC/AOS x C. Mark Jones 'Lance'

I even bought 2 of them lol

I know but I am trying not to buy any more just now. I have yet to get a spotted one. I do know I need one. :rofl:

One of my Miss Wonderful was doing so good... Now it decided to die off. Here what it looked like before.

Mine had a dry looking sheath when I got it. I think it is dried up too. Not sure what is up with that. It never felt like there was anything in it.

Someone mentioned once before that oftentimes a Catt will abort a first sheath only to form a new one later.

Right, I have seen it before and it could be what is going on.

In mine you can see something inside if you look closely at the first picture I posted. Only for to watch it dry up made me sad. I felt like I was doing something wrong. I hope they are right that it will later form another one to replace the one that now dead for us both.

I hate to say this but I have this happen all the time. It almost seems like most of my Catt types have an empty sheath before they put out one that will bloom. I have not decided if it is me not watering enough or that they are not in enough light. I have just not figured it out.

Oh and sometimes it is at least 2 empty ones. I have some I am still trying to get a first bloom from.