It is better to post a photo of plant in question.

Not every succulent will propagate easily from a leaf, IIRC E. purpusorum may be one of them. Doesn't mean you should not try. Leaves should be healthy to grow roots & plantlets.

Follow what palms said about re-rooting original plant. When cutting, make sure you see healthy flesh. If there is any dark tissue, you need to keep cutting. Depending on how badly it rotted, yo may have very little to work with. These echies have pretty short stem.

I did have another thread with pictures of the plant but I made this new one for these questions. Thanks for the advice. The leaves are now drying and hopefully will end up with little plants. Lucky for me the plant got shoe leggy (poor plant didn't get enough light) so I have a lot of stem. Sadly over half of it is dead or dying but I'm hoping for the best. Thanks!

Your cut looks good. E. Purpusorum is not the most willing to root or leaf prop. I would recommend rooting hormone for extra boost. This also helps prevent rot because it speeds up the rooting process. I use it on the leaves as well. I root all my cuttings and leaves in a tray of coarse sand, this makes it easy to check for roots without breaking any. If you don;t see roots after one month, you can reapply rooting hormone to increase chance. I have had many successes that sat for months, rooting only after I reapplied the powder. Good luck!

Hopefully it is just a photo, but I still see some dark tissue (sorry to disagree lmcdbj). You see the plant, check it under magnifying glass to make sure. Good luck.

You can try what lmcdbj suggested; I never use any rooting hormone on any cuttings (leaves or stems). Some rooting hormone supposedly contain fungicide. Make sure you don't cake it all over if you decide to use it. Some plants will root in matter of days, some will take much longer.

Yeah, the dark tissue was what I was concerned about as it really is there. Should I cut it back a bit further? How much stem has to be left, if it matters? It's pretty short now but I think it could deal with a bit more cut off if that dark tissue isn't good. That'll have to be tomrorow. For now it's got cinnamon on it and there's leaves drying too. Hopefully one of them survives. If by some miracle the plant survives and it starts getting roots back, how soon should I water it after replanting it?

Did your plant survive? Were you able to propagate any of the leaves?

Yes please tell us:-)

Sadly the big plant and most of the leaves eventually died, though I've got two leaves that lived. They never actually grew though, never grew roots. They're just leaves chilling in the dirt I water every once in awhile so they don't die even though they're just leaves and never do anything. I have no clue why, but does anyone have any advice on what to do to get them to actually grow a new plant? I'll never get rid of them just cause I'll feel bad but I would like a actual plant.

Try this. Same type of advice from others here.

http://www.faithfoodfamilyfun.com/how-to-propagate-succulents/

Good luck,

Tyler

I mentioned in my previous post that purpusorum is less likely to propagate from leaves. Not that they never do, but it is less successful method. One of the plants that is easier to grow from seeds than leaves.

You could try putting the sprout end of the leaf in dark, i.e under coarse sand or some other substrate. You could also use a rooting hormone, or a branching hormone. You can get both from a hydroponic supply...not recommending this, just saying it is an option. Rooting hormone is something I use a lot. it generally does produce roots in harder to root plants, and faster roots in those that are not hard to root. it also increases root growth on leaf props. But the issue with some reluctant echeveria leaf props is that many will produce roots, and then takes years to produce a plant bud. I have a few that are firmly rooted into their pots, have been for over a year, still waiting to see that little guy poke up.