Question
My dendrobrium Phal has been going through hell lately this is the same one with the buds that wouldn't bloom. For some reason the plant even though I was watering it every 3 days plus have a humidifier in the room dried up. I mean the last remaining roots dried out completely and the flowers started to wilt. The lower crown was black, all the roots are gone. I chopped off the bottom of the crown back to green and the stem that had the flowers that were in bud and put it in a small container of Rocks with distilled water, root blast, worm tea and orchid food. Just the tip of the crown is sitting in that concoction. The leaves are fine stiff and bright green, the flowers are in bloom and other than the fact that there is no root system what so ever the plant looks alive and kicking. Is there even the slightest chance that by doing this at some point it might sprout a few new roots or should I just enjoy the blooms for as long as they last and go out and get my self a fake orchid since I don't seem to have much luck with the live ones.

Answer
Cheryl, I assume that you are referring to a dendrobium with canes, but some of your commments (such as the one about a "crown") seem to imply that you have a phalaenopsis.  I will, for sake of this discussion, assume that you have a phalaenopsis type of dendrobium which is so called because the flowers are often larger and more like the flowers of a phalaenopsis.  However, dendrobiums don't have crowns like a phalaenopsis. Dendrobiums grow canes and they do require a distinct rest period and will rot out if watered during that period-- which sounds like what happened.  On the other hand, dendrobium canes have nodes (ie joints) that can give rise to roots.  A common practice in rooting dendrobium canes is often to lay them on a bed of damp, long fibered sphagnum. Be careful of the cut end of the cane, however, and seal it with a powdered sulphur or sulphur compound to seal it against fungal spores germinating on it leading to a fungal infection of the healthy pasrt of the cane. It is possible that the technique you are using could produce roots at a node.  So you may have your flowers and also genrate new root growth-- it certainly is worth a try.