Need to vent my anger and frustration at my poor growing skills

[camille1585]

I am in a really really bad mood right now I killed a Burr Nelly Isler in the fall because I didn't know there was a tight wad of sphag in the root ball. So ok, no problem, I got a new one last month. This time I asked the vendor about it, and he said that he changed grower because of the sphag problem. He assured me that there was none this time. A quick poke in the bark seemed to confirm that. I didn't want to repot since it was starting to bloom. BIG MISTAKE. I unpotted it today, and what did I find? A ball of soaking wet sphag, which had been out of reach of my poking fingers. As for the roots, are only a couple small good ones left I think they survived because they were right under the surface. Looks like this one is going to the compost heap. What a huge waste of money. Does anyone think that this one is salvagable?

Out of curiousity, I unpotted my Beallara since I noticed that the new growths stopped growing. The roots are still firm (ish) but no nice green tips on them. I either waited too long between waterings, or watered it too much

Looks like I'm no good at orchid growing. All I can grow/keep alive is phals!!