Now (2 Hours later) I have been notified by Houzz: "Congratulations! Your answer has been selected as the best at the discussion: How big are your pentas?." Eh?

Maybe the large white space below Tom's message has always been there and I just didn't scroll down the empty page. Anyway, now I can see the 2 messages that followed.

Doesn't answer my wondering why Tom doesn't have a Messages section - unless it is by his choice.

Users have to enable the function. His name "Tom" in this year's postings seems to be a resumption of using his old account. "Tom123" had been the name in his postings; I do not remember whether messaging was enabled in that account.

By virtue of his posting in the Pentas thread, he will be notified of comments as they occur there, provided that his account is so configured; I think that it is. So, in that thread post another comment, directed to him.

in your account, nothing about messaging is visible to me, using three browsers. Try to message me, as a test of whether messaging per se is operational.

I received your message, and replied to it.

Also, now that you enabled messaging, the button is visible in the public view of your profile.

Hey, Irma. Just noticed this. I will pay attention here more now. The pentas are here for you to take cuttings. Haven't been able to get the white ones to flower; they are in a shady place and being crowded out by other plants. I have pink, red and a kind of raspberry that are in bloom.