Thanks for your response. Could you please tell me how to kill those bacterial canker? I'd like to try as one truck still alive. Thanks again.

that's not a biting of anything. it's some kind of damage done to the leaf. It could have been folded or crushed at some point. maybe when it was repotted several leaves got crushed. So not problem there. the rest of the leaf is a good colour of green. Its not lacking sunlight for sure. Now if you placed it outdoors in direct sunlight it would have caused sunburns and damaged the plant. -- an error I made myself when I transplanted here in Canada. I came from the tropics where these plants are plentiful. These are under canopy plants and so they enjoy indirect sunlight -which is the reason they have such large leaves because that's needed for all the sunlight they can get. They are climbers too as they tent to grow up jungle trees to capture that sunlight. But they always stay within the shade. Yep, they can grow upwards of 20 feet. I've seen taller growths in the rainforest. However you do need to consider root space. if it's cramp then it can no longer sustain taller growths. you can always keep it short. Anyway.. you get the point. No direct sunlight. And lots of humidity.

The 10" Dacor (I have not found the 15" Dacor for sale here) can be fitted with a 1200cfm inline blower for $699 so the cost is comparable to the Miele but the blower is more than twice as strong! I'm tempted to go with the Dacor for that reason if it will fit in our cabinet (we are not replacing the cabinet). Does anyone know whether I will need that much power with an induction cooktop? If I don't, I'd rather go with the taller Miele which is the same brand as the cooktop. Thank you, Barb

I sort of thought it would be like that. Notice how that doesn't just have the seat cushion, but an upholstered base that it sits on. I can't see what is below the cushion on your chair, but it's probably an option to upholster the base of the chair in a similar way to the one pictured above. I agree with woodsy that yours would look less square if you wrapped them in Dacron, (think of something like polyester quilt batting from Joann Fabric) BUT, if you do it to a 5" cushion, you'll have a cushion so thick it'll resemble a mattress! Can you return those for poor workmanship? I know I'd sure want to! I'd want to round the the top of the back cushion somewhat at the top like your pic just above to give it more style. If you can't return yours, I'd be wanting to re-work them, by taking the foam out and cutting it to half it's depth with an electric knife, so you can then wrap it and give it a softer look, Then you'd have to start fresh if you want a knife edge cushion like the one above, but that would be easy to make - just like an over-sized pillow. I have linked some fabric below that is very inexpensive, but it's a great look. I just used it to re-do this chair, but mine is a slightly darker color that I think they're out of right now. Mine before, shown in the Craigslist ad - after - Here is a link that might be useful: Barn Fabric linen look $4.99 yard through 8/12