Live-forever plant

Thought I'd share a little miracle with you.

This is a plant that I picked up (saved from being trampled) at a local park last spring, called lanceleaf live-forever. Mom and Dad had walked with me there during their visit a few years ago. This is a cute plant that lives on rock outcrops, in little crevices, but only in undisturbed places. It's one of those "special" local plants that people like, partially because of how it seems to thrive in such a harsh, hot, dry place, and because of its odd form and small stature. A little like why dad loved the alpine gardens so much.

It had fallen down from the rocks, or perhaps been picked or ripped down, and was on the path and so I brought it home and put it in a pot. It has just sat there growing small new leaves for about a year, and then suddenly, in the last few weeks, it grew a huge number of leaves and it sent up an inflorescence stalk!

I'll send a picture when it flowers.