Good job on rooting the sucker and starting the leaf. I like to let my babies get quite large before I separate them from the mother leaf - at least until I have leaves that are quarter size or larger (on standards.) There is no rush; they'll happily grow for quite a while together.

I know how puzzling it can be to have both the symptom of too much light (tight centers) and not enough (reaching) all at the same time. But not all AV's like the same amount of light so try this: move those that are reaching more directly under the light (the one you pictured seems to be at the end of your shelf or rack where light is probably weakest.) If that isn't enough to stop the reaching, try raising the pot up on top of something to bring it a bit closer to the lights and observe. For the one with tight center, move it to the edge of your shelf. If that doesn't seem to make any difference after a week or so, try covering the tight leaved one with a piece of tissue for a few days. If it's been getting too much light, that should tell you by its relaxing under the covering. Then you might cut back on how long your lights are on per day.

A lot of learning what our plants want is just trial and error, made a bit more complicated by them not all needing the same thing. But that's part of what makes AV's a fun challenge. Good luck!

Anne-

thank you! I will let the babies sit for a while. The ones from the leaf have pushed a few new ones since this was posted, exciting to watch it everyday!

As far as the tight crown and reaching. That is actually the same plant. It's confusing me because it has to tight crown but then looks like it's reaching. Is it possible that it's stems just sit higher than others?

I had a plant (actually a few) that looked just like yours. Frustrated me no end. I knew they were getting enough light and it was not a bug. It finally dawned on me what the problem was. From the time I bought the plant(s) it had not been repotted. On close inspection it was potted too far down into the pot and the rim was making the leaves stay up. Once I trimmed off all of the outer leaves (it was Modesty and she had grown very well from the train wreck she was when I bought her), there were 15 total, and repotted her up higher so her leaves could lay flat she relaxed and is lookin' good!

I realize yours isn't as "full" as Modesty was, but I still would repot it higher up in the pot so the leaves can relax more. I also took off a lot of that darn "Optimara" medium they put their plants in. Gave it good stuff. Seems to have made a difference!

This may not be the case for your violet in the pix but this thread got me to thinking and sometimes it is just in the potting! Good Luck! Rosie

Rosie- thank you! It probably could use a repotting I haven't re potted it since I bought it. It used to be full but a few weeks ago I took a bunch of leaves off, they weren't looking so well and I figured it was time. I might have gone a little overboard with it but I guess it's a learning experience. I will try that this week

Well, maybe it is a case of too low in the pot. That is better than bugs! But keep in mind the great advice from the others that posted. Best to explore ALL avenues! Rosie