@JasonSims1, please add your comment to the database entry itself by clicking on the name above the image and selecting "post a comment" option which adds it as a comment for anyone visiting that entry to see.
Right now you have it posted as a comment about the image above by ljb5966, thus starting a thread in the Plant Photos forum and notifying that member of the thread. That happened because you enlarged the image and posted a comment attached to that image.