orchard question - has it died ?

You mean an Orchid, not Orchard. Orchids like high humidity but don't actually like their roots to be soggy wet and require less water in the winter. I would give it a little water and let it drain right off and give the leaves a spray with either tepid water or special orchid spray that you can get from the garen centre. Do not water again for another week. Hopefully it will survive.

You have an orchard that died? Do you mean orchid?

I'm not sure, if you could try adding some fertilizer to the soil and water the plant thoroughly it has a chance to grow back. If it fails to grow back, you could try composting to make sure the same problem won't occur to any of your other plants.

Hers a website for composting:

http://infocomposting.blogspot.com/

an orchard is a forest of fruit trees. just what are you asking about?

it's the cold they are not meant for our climate they are very difficult to manage in this weather they are grown in heated greenhouses with special lighting to look beautiful but when they leave that enviroment it becomes hard for them to survive unless you can replace it