I know this may sound like an incredibly stupid (and newbie-like) thing to say, but is it not at all possible that this is entirely natural? what i mean to say is, has it occured to anyone that a noid-culture Cym. might start to die to a backbulb before any new shoots have appeared? it's just that much the same thing happened to my cymbidiums a while ago now, with all the leaves dropping off before the first new shoots poked through, and if i remember rightly, the leaves looked almost exactly the same as your ones, with the oldest dying off first (as was to be expected). not to detract from what everyone else has said; they all raise extremely valid, well supported points; but is it too hard to believe that your replanting may have coincided with the end of the growing season, when this kind of thing tends to happen? its just that someone reminded me today of the concept of [William of] Ockham's Razor, that the simplest solution is usually the most likely, and i just thought that people may be getting ahead of themselves, causing a bit of a fuss where one isn't needed. it's just that you might do something drastic, such as destruction of such a beautiful plant, when all that was needed was a simple approach to the probem, and thus, my advice is this; keep the plant where it is, moving any other, healthier ones to other suitable spots (they would be able to handle it better), and treat it in much the way that everyone has been recommending, but WITHOUT KILLING IT. just make sure you wash your hands thouroughly after you do anything with it (just to be safe). chances are it will be fine, but just in case, don't give up on it until you are doubly sure it really is dead. this is the way i approach everything in life, not just orchid growing, and i am far better off for it. not to mention, it's helped me save almost half of all the plants i've ever grown, and that is a very large number, i must tell you. Last, but certainly not least, Good luck, and i hope it gets better. only time can tell. sincerely, 401820.
