thanks, all, for your opinions; the plant has five big fat green
leaves at the moment (total leaf span is probably about ten inches);
the top one started to grow and then the rot got it; that's the one i
H2O2-ed and listerined. it turned completely black and dried up and i
pulled it off.

so this leaves the "crown" of the plant intact, if i'm using the term
correctly; i thought that there was a limited amount of tissue in the
crease of each leaf that could grow a new leaf...? that's why i said
i wasn't sure if i'd get a new leaf out of it. it's already tried to
grow that leaf, and it rotted.

as for the new growth, it is growing out of the center of the crease
of the bottom leaf, right up against the plant, exactly where the
previous spike was, just on the other side of the plant. it's
definitley growing where a spike would, not out of the side (where the
new root is coming).

i guess i'll just watch it and see what it does; i'm hoping to see a
new leaf growth in the next couple months, in which case i'll just
leave the whole thing alone. and if all else fails and it falls
over dead, i have the original pot and the receipt and the home depot
return policy.

--j_a