Phew that’s a relief. Thank you! My husband also told me to just let it be 😂

I was completely surprised when I saw the little stem coming up. I bought it from Leafy in Palo Alto, CA. They also told me it would stay a single leaf forever (which I was completely fine with), but I guess it must have had a node.

It looks just fine to me, too. A second leaf is forming, so all is well!

Denise in Omaha

My Hoya had a leaf growing and then turned yellow and fell off.

This is the plant on Aug 15th.

I’m hoping the node will grow another. So sad!!

Another new leaf growing! 😃

Any recommendations for a vendor to buy a rooted Hoya Kerrii. I have seen many on Etsy.

Wow good job getting this single leaf to become a plant!

How are they growing from one leaf?? Wow I've heard that is almost unheard of! Congratulations! I have a ight hope now!

When it comes to vegetative propagation, more specifically - leaf cuttings, a few plants have preformed primary meristems on the leaves, often referred to as 'foliar embryos' - like Bryophyllum pinnatum. These embryos are already a complete plant with root initials and a stem or shoot bud. Other plants which can be cloned by leaf cuttings, like Begonia, form wound-induced secondary meristems that arise from the process of dedifferentiation of groups of cells and their redifferentiation into a meristematic region which can then give rise to any of the plant's organ tissues. If you know something about the ability of human stem cells to be guided to differentiate into healthy cells which can then be used to replace diseased cells of specific organs, it might help you with the concept of dedifferentiation and redifferentiation. Or, think of potters clay. When wet, it can be molded into a large bowl and allowed to dry until it holds it's shape; or, it could be rewetted and molded into a figurine.

If the plant has neither of the 2 capabilities I outlined, it would be necessary to include at least 1 meristem from the stem the leaf is attached to. Many plants are capable of growing roots on the leaf petiole (leaf stem), a 'blind' cutting, but w/o a meristem along for the ride, no shoot can form, no matter how long you wait.

Before I was aware of this, I tried starting a leaf from a schefflera. It rooted within a couple of weeks, but after 3 years and a quart of roots - no stem developed. I'm a curious guy, so I went looking for answers so I could answer the question when it arises, as it does from time to time.

If May (the OP) is still around: It's quite normal, not at all unusual, for the first 2-3 or 4 leaves on any new branch or stem to be very small and internodes between these leaves very short. Each consecutive leaf will be larger and each internode will be longer as the branch extends (within the limitations imposed by other cultural factors - light, temperature, nutrient resources ..... until by the 5th leaf or so the leaves are capable of reaching full size. Some of these tiny leaves grow no larger than 1/5 the size of a mature leaf.

Al

Tika, Congrats))

Update pic: the leaves definitely do what they want 😂

That is crazy. It's doing so well and it turned into a plant) The leaves are definitely doing their own thingy.

Direct sun ? Direct sun and water spary? It also tends to occur with sudden changes in temperatures to more