This was a rescue I picked up from my local Lowes last year. It was etiolated and over watered when I got it. I repotted it into a faster draining mix, gave it more light, and backed off the watering. I think it appreciated my efforts as it gave me a nice bloom last winter.

However, after it's annual cycle of leaf regeneration, it tried to produce 3 new leaf pairs instead of just one or two!

The third pair is obviously very small and not very well developed, but it's there nonetheless.

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I know many species will produce 2 leaf pairs from 1, but I've never seen one try to produce 3 pairs from 1.

It wasn't properly labeled, but I'm thinking it's L. karasmontana var lateritii.

In either case, what's the deal? Is this a result from the over-watering and possibly over-fertilization? I assumed that the third pair would dry up and shrivel after the cycle was complete but it's persisting as you can see in the pic.