Starts with O ... I used to have one but can't remember the name.

Oreostachys ewarenge ! That's it :)

It dies after flowering but you can save the unflowered rosettes. I tried but failed lol :D

Hywel, you're a marvel...

Thank you too, Hywel. If I had seen it before it started to flower, I would have thought it was an Echeveria. Apparently more closely related to the Aeoniums! I'm going to look this one up--we could probably try to get a few for our succulent section at work.

Personally I wouldn't buy another one. I paid a lot for it and after it flowered it died. There were only about 3 unflowered rosettes on it but they never rooted ... they also died.
I read that apparently the seeds are easy to germinate, so I saved them, but failed at that too lol :D
It's an attractive and interesting plant but I won't be growing it again.

Oh Wow! Thanks for all that info Hywel. I can't remember where or when I got it, but it was cheap!! I will have a go at keeping some bits and see what happens. So are you telling me that these are the flowers, or is it building up to it?

It's starting to form flowering spikes. I'll put a photo of the one I had for you to see. I think I've got one somewhere.

I've put it in a blog :)
(not very good sorry, but just for you to see)

Thanks again Hywel, for the info and the blog. I must try to remember where I got it from.