Hi x, Good to hear from you. Gave the plant a good soaking as suggested on another of our favorite sites to see if ants or earwigs were nesting in it. Washed each leaf with soapy water. No critters appeared but found tiny ants and webs elsewhere on sill. Apparently that window sill and other plants are hosting some varmits. Going to give a good dusting. Hate using an insecticide but I may not have a choice here. There is a "pencil plant", a fockea edulis, milis etc on the same sill. (I know you hate nicknames for plants but I am too lazy to go look them up at the moment). Mike

Norma, you mean like this? The HTML code for changing the font size is to use "" but without the quotes, and inside the greater than & less than signs type ... font size="insert number desired for font size here" *Note: The quotation marks after the equal sign ARE manditory. **Note: the font size # I inserted above was ---- font size="10" --- and you can see how large that turned out. Did that make sense? Now if you don't actually want to type in a larger font but only wish to make the words larger for easier reading, then -- assuming you are using IE as your browser -- then left click on where it says "Page" on the Menu Bar at the top of the screen. (It is located on the lower part of the bar on the right hand side.) When you click on that you will see a drop down menu. One of the options there is Zoom. When you left click on that, you will then see another drop down menu that will give you various options as to how much larger you would the web page to be.

Stush, I do not mind at all. I love everyone's plants and glad you did. New to the C & S forum. I grow Adeniums and some Pachypodiums. They take up so much of my efforts. Jamie's nursery is truly a work of Art. Always feel when I walk away, that I have not seen it all. Only an hour away, so not that far. Rick

I've watered my seedlings every time I felt the soil got dry enough that the pot felt light and they were in well draining but a good amount of organic mix. They've been fine since they were actively growing, I'm more worried about the "transition period" where at some point they prefer less water (?)...I have 2 older (but still quite young) plants that are in straight gritty mix and they also seem fine so I dunno. The seedlings like or tolerate watering well. I am considering adding some organic to the older plants and many of my other plants but just not sure. I already have to some, considering others. I kept the older ones going last winter under grow lights and the seedlings were just getting started. Does anyone know if it's better to let them go dormant? Our winters are for sure too cold to leave little plants out there but I could leave them out of the grow light's reach if they would prefer it. Tyler, I also have to say that I take back my wishy-washy attitude on trellising and stand firmly on the pro side of trellising - I turned my back for a minute and my vines got unruly, tangled themselves and latched on to other plants. I had a roll of wire that was just a nice enough gauge to bend into a U shape and stick right in the pots, making a beautiful, sturdy little arched trellis for my D's. Kara, from what I understand the caudex doesn't really like / benifit from the sun at all, only the vine. So I would say it is not necessary to keep it in sun unless possibly that is for warmth? Someone correct me if I'm wrong. TanP - nice Mexicana! And on the eliphantipes am I reading your post right that you have 8 month old seedlings that are the size of a half dollar?? Please, please elaborate if I read that correctly! hoovb - that D at the Huntington is absolutely jaw dropping, WOW.