Sedirea japonica

[Pattywack]

I have a troubled Sedirea japonica minmaru that I purchased in June. I purchased the minmaru and a seigyokumaru from the same vendor and they arrived very wet. As soon as they arrived I removed them from their net pots in hopes of them drying without issue. The following day I completely removed all of their moss and re-mossed them in fresh, dry NZ moss.

They seemed ok initially. The seigyokumaru is fine. After several days the minmaru began to show signs of stress and apparently rot. The root tips blackened and three leaves looked to be blackening at their base. These three leaves were not at the bottom of the plant, nor the top...second set of leaves from the top and another lower leaf.

The minmaru lost all three leaves, I was afraid I would lose the plant. I've babied this little one along and it has not lost any more leaves, in fact there is a new leaf growing currently and this questionable growth.

I originally thought this poor plant was going to flower, now this looks more like a keiki? Anyone want to guess what this growth is. I spotted this last month, these pictures are from today. I am no longer worried about the minmaru dying, it has new growth but what is it shooting out from under this leaf?

Thanks for any suggestions