Beginner Gardening: save poor orchid from stoopud human abuse, 1 by misia

misia wrote:
Hi there!

I'm asking for help on behalf of the orchid I've tortured for almost a year and a half now. Someone gave it to me after it was already a little sickly - they were going to throw it out and for some dumb reason, I thought I could save it. I've never seen the blooms, don't know what variety it is, how to care for it or solve any of the variety of problems it has. Maybe it just needs to be put out of it's misery at this point. I've tried researching online, but it seems that care varies so much depending on type, I might do more harm than good by trying to repot or fertilize. I've included pics and the details below. Thank you so much to anyone willing to read my lengthy post and offer advice :) Any identification and care tips? Should I just give up?

What I do know:

- potted in bark and some sort of white stoney substance
- clear plastic aerrated pot
- some bark has white residue on it ( rotting / too old?)
- the plant / bedding is at least a year and a half old
- exposed roots above bedding are light browning and a bit mushy to the touch
- roots beneath the surface look white (I'm afraid to pull it out of the pot to feel their consistancy)
- the leaves grow out of a sort of oval fleshy base ( pseudo bulb?) which is still green but very wrinkled
- originally had two psuedo bulbs but one wrinkled, turned yellow and appears to be dead
- the leaves are still green but wrinkled / bent in spots
- a few of the leaves also have a black speckling on them (virus, fungus, something else?).