We have a shelving unit that has 5 glass shelves in it. We keep
plants on it because it is in front of a south facing window that has a curtain over it (the window). The curtain only allows about 75% of the direct sunlight to come through. In the winter, the AV's seem to love it on the very top shelf of the unit because there is no direct sunlight that hits them, but there is plenty of indirect sunlight.
Tonight we had a bad storm and my wife decided to light a few candles.... just in case the lights went off. I was piddling in my computer room when I heard a horrible crash in the living room. I went in there and found that the top shelf and all of the items that were on it were on the floor..... potting soil and
plants everywhere!! Bless her heart, Linda thought there was enough space between the top shelf and the shelf directly below it (where she sat a lit candle) to keep the heat from the candle's flame from breaking it. Not!!
The good part about all of this was the fact that there were only 4 leaves from one AV that were broken off. But, they were broken off at the base of the leaf where the stem attaches. In other words, there is no stem left. I've stuck them stem end down in some medium to try to root them.
My question is this. Without the stems in place, do the leaves have much of a chance of rooting and producing babies? If so, is there anything "extra" that I need to do for them since they have no stem left? Or, is all of this in vain?
Thanks in advance for any help or information you can offer.
Robert