Please help! Is my Phal dead?

[Sugarmango]

I got this beautiful Phal as a birthday present. Its flowers started falling, but that's normal, right? But then a leaf fell off, and another one, and another one, until there's only one left! I don't know what to do with it but the crown is dry.
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[Chris in Hamilton]

Welcome to the forum! Best way for folks to help is to see the plant. Please post a picture if you have one.

[Sugarmango]

Thank you! I thought I posted a picture already
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I got this beautiful Phal as a birthday present. Its flowers started falling, but that's normal, right? But then a leaf fell off, and another one, and another one, until there's only one left! I don't know what to do with it but the crown is dry.
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[78Terp]

Hello from Colorado!

Yes, as Chris stated, pictures give us the info we need to help.

[Traci]

It' looks like it developed crown rot unfortunately. Sometimes I find that some phals have little crevices that gather water where the leaves meet that make them susceptible to rotting.

[MattWoelfsen]

That is crown rot. How did this happen? Water was sill in the stem, it remained on the plant too long, and then there was a temperature drop. In the wild, Phalaenopsis actually grow sideways so that excess water is pulled out of the center of the plant by gravity. When watering, be sure to upend your plant to allow water to run out of the center of the plant. Run a fan to circulate fresh air around the plant so it dries quickly.

I suppose this is good advice if you get another Phalaenopsis.