Is it possible what you're finding as a lump could be the little ducks craw? This is at the front of the neck above the breast bone and can become as large a a walnut in this age duckling. The pinkness you're seeing may also be the skin with the down thinning due to the stretch. The craw is where food is stored until it's digested. It's a very good idea to provide something in the form of gravel, sand, this helps grind the food in the craw. For very young chicks and ducks I used parakeet gravel. A few good pinches when ever I freshen the food. This might not be on target but a full craw on a small duck can very well look like a swelling. The swelling should be less promient the first thing before morning feeding. And will increase in size as the day goes on.. Hope will Beacon grows to be a big guy/girl. So cute.

No worries, PG, no offense taken. I actually haven't seen the movie either, I just knew it was a phrase. > Under lights we're talking maybe 1cm winter internodes, so they're not horrible, just not gorgeous. I was expecting they'd be longer. My internodes on a cutting I received recently are even longer, I think, and it looks fine to me. I'll need to google up some images and look if my cutting is considered etiolated for this species. One good thing about most strange smelling hoyas is the smell is not overwhelming in most cases, I understand. GG, I am curious to smell Estrella Waterfall now after your comment about its fragrance. Sounds nice.

I believe NHBabs posted a photo of her Cornus alternifolia (species) as she wrote further above that she has no experience with the 'Argentea' cultivar. Do the Cornus alternifolia species and the Cornus alternifolia 'Argentea' cultivar have different structural characteristics? I appreciate if the variegated cultivar would grow slower, etc. I checked the websites of nurseries in reasonable driving distance and found 3 that carry the Cornus alternifolia species. 2 nurseries carry it under the category 'shrubs' (not 'trees') presumably implying multi-trunk, the third nursery did not categorize. Wikipedia uses the word 'tree': "It is a small deciduous tree growing to 25 feet (8 m) (rarely 30 feet (9 m)) tall, with a trunk up to 6 inches (152 mm) in diameter." What this tells me is that I may need some luck to find (locally) a single-trunk specimen of the Cornus alternifolia species.

Kara, I don’t recall where I read this or from whom I heard it, but Euphorbia seeds don’t have a very long “shelf life”. You may want to plant them or at least refrigerate. Next, you may be correct about the location of your bupleurfolia. Mine are young and my greenhouse is warm with nights to 64F Because I have Euphorbia and Ant Plants and orchids that don’t do well at temps below 60F. I have read many Euphorbia Specifically don’t like temps below 60F. It’s hard to see but I’m also seeing new growth. According to the information from this site they can handle 54F http://www.euphorbia.de/indexe.htm