Yep, that's a sucker to the left of the crown. It looks small enough that you should be able to use a dull pencil and remove it by pushing to the left, sort of flicking it carefully away. No, you do not have to repot this or take it out of the pot since it is so small. If that doesn't work, use a small tweezer to pluck it.

To the right of the sucker there appears to be an old leaf, very small, adding nothing to the plant. I would remove it also.

Thank you, bspofford! Yey! I thought so...I am so starting to get it! I snapped them off..as well as that stray leaf that indeed had no place growi ng there. There are more tiny leaves coming out from underneath but they are still extremely small and it is not clear whether they will be suckers or just new leaves.

Yup ... you got it.

All new leaf growth should come from the center (called the crown) of the plant.

Be careful going after suckers too quickly though, as blooming buds grow out from the same areas of the plant.

What about this one? I see a stem growing kind of next to the main crown. Is that a sucker too? Does it need to go? Never mind that it's a bit limp anyway. The plant is a starter (quite fragile) and has just been through travel shock. All in all it is doing fine but that seems like a sucker to me.

However, I understood suckers grow in a separate crown (several stems lumped together), not just one.

If anyone could confirm that stalk is a sucker, I would appreciate it.

Pic didn't post at firs. Here it is.

I don't see a sucker. Just different sized leaves.