Here’s a recent addition to my “kitchen forest”, a “hen and chick” plant, also known as sempervivum. That must be a Latin word of some sort; “semper” as in the Marine Corp motto, and vivum relates to life (I think). Always alive? Well, we shall see. I haven’t had much luck with “succulents” (given their preference for dry deserts over humid forests), but hope springs eternal. Maybe this will be the one that finds itself a place in the little potted houseplant forest near my kitchen windows.