My first kill :(

[florafan]

Scuttled, I feel for you as well. I had a phal in S/H that came very close to dying - lost all roots and all but 2 leaves. That one now is in sphagnum mix and recovering. Paphs do much better for me in S/H. I actually unpot them in the first few weeks just to clean out the rotting roots and repot them. They just keep going! I guess S/H is like any other media, performance depends on the orchid and the grower.