It's always a pleasure when a plant you've grown from seed flowers for the first time. It's taken five years for this one. As the bud developed it looked like it would either be yellow or orange. What I was not expecting was candy-stripe pink! The seed was bought from ADBPLS as 'Matucana huagalensis...

Glorious plants, thanks for sharing!
Mike

A closer pic of my plant. Sorry the pic is sideways. Mike

Will take a photo tomorrow Ralph.

It's also possible the spray has had an effect on its growth. Out of interest, what did you use? With luck it will regrow normally in due course.
Mike

Actually, it did once before. Fortunately just damaged itself. I rescued and re-rooted the top section about three years ago.
I don't want to repeat that experience!
Still hoping for flowers one day in the distant future! It's many years since I sowed the seed but I suspect I've still a long wait...

Sempervivums are so easy that I suspect they're often under-rated as succulent plants. I've no idea what cultivar this is, but it's knock-out value. Mike

It was still growing well, but I was more concerned with its stability! Mike

This is the plant I have labelled Silver Ridge (the one in the foreground). I like it because it seems really free-flowering and is happily flowering outside through the summer. Mike

I have been tempted to remove the sprawling branch of my M. aureispinus. But it would inevitably leave an obvious and rather ugly scar, so I think for now I'll put up with its selfish demand for bench space!
Mike