I think its a sedum, but I don't know the variety
By Romneya
Angus,
Scotland 
This had a foot long string of yellow/orange trumpet flowers which were quite spectacular. I came by it when a piece happened to break off in my hand on a garden visit in Mull. It survived last winter in my cold greenhouse. I think its a sedum, but I'd don't the variety.
11 Aug, 2009
Answers
It IS a Sempervivum, i had one like yours Romneya but with the creamy yellow trumpety flowers.
I'm afraid i lost the tickets on all 4 that i have and i don't know which type they are either ! Hopeless !!!
11 Aug, 2009
I now feel an idiot for puting "sedum". Deep down I knew I meant sempervivum but the wrong word came out. I hate getting old...
11 Aug, 2009
Ah, don't feel an idiot !
With me, i just can't remember a word - let alone get it wrong !
11 Aug, 2009
Someone recently asked a question about their "tortured hazel" - first I looked up Salix tortuosa, no, not that, irritated cos I can't remember, then I looked up Hamammelis, no, not that, and finally managed to remember Corylus contorta, the twisted hazel. I hate getting old too... and it only gets worse;-(
11 Aug, 2009
I had to laff when you said "a piece of it came off in your hand".......ha.ha....pull the other one:))....lol
Getting on a bit ain't so bad.....lol
11 Aug, 2009
Ah well, just to make you all feel really old that is probably not a Sempervivum. For a start Semps have yellow, pink, red or white flowers but not as far as I am aware orange. Also they are not normally describable as 'trumpet shaped, more like flat stars.I would say it was an Echeveria myself.
11 Aug, 2009
Sorry all, I agree with Owdboggy. Only just found this post now. Wasn't there a similar one just recently from someone else?
11 Aug, 2009
I've checked it out on google images and its echeveria imbricata. I'm really impressed with everyone's knowledge. well done and thanks to everyone.
11 Aug, 2009
Good job some of us know what we're on about ;)
11 Aug, 2009
lol.....:)))))
11 Aug, 2009
Oh ha bloody ha Louise;-))) Memory is all.... and mine's going ....
11 Aug, 2009
Yup.....Owdboggy is right.....I've just bought one....:o)
11 Aug, 2009
LOL Bamboo :)
Hey ho !
12 Aug, 2009
Well I have got over 200 Sempervivums and I am a member of the Sedum Society, so I ought to know, but don't count on it!
12 Aug, 2009
I know someone in the north east that's a member of the Sedum Society....or was it the Crassulaceae in general? I will have to ask him next time I see him.
12 Aug, 2009
Reminds me more of one of the Sempervivums, but I don't know which one
11 Aug, 2009