Yep, looking at other plants by that name, I'd say that's what it is. This is the 3rd year for this one, and I have to say it's realy pretty where it is -- along a narrow corridor on the NE side of the house where it gets no direct light and very little indirect light. I love it, but I may be a bit more careful about passing it along to others if it's so likely to crap out. Thanks, folks; this is exactly what I needed to know!

Mary, If you've follow this forum for a while, you will have the opportunity tio read many discussions about definitions: weed, invasive, wildflower, native, introduced. Fascinating stuff to me, but these discussions often get compliated (and sometimes heated). While some think that a weed is just 'a flower out of place', the term 'weed' refers to plant that tend to colonize disturbed habitats -- which by definition includes all yards and gardens. It's not about appearance: a beautiful flowering plant can be a terrible weed. If you think of it this way, it doesn't matter whether your plant is the native or non-native dayflower, it is weedy if it behaves like a weed. The non-native dayflower is definitely weedy (but not a major problem, to my knowledge). I don't know about the native species, but many there are many well-behaved native species that are closely related to non-native weeds. A good example is the native honeyuckles vs the Asian honeysuckles.

I do not think the Eastern Carpenter Bee goes as far as Florida. Check the www.enature.com - you can put in your zip code and it will give you a list of all animals, insects, etc for your region. Here is their listing for Eastern Carpenter Bee - http://www.enature.com/fieldguide/showSpeciesSH.asp?curGroupID=4&shapeID=1008&curPageNum=23&recnum=IS0169

The last one is Haworthia cooperi v ??? I have one that is the same or at least similar and it came to me as H. cooperi.... As for your sideway pictures, I would ask if you directly uploaded them from your phone as this seems to be a issue. I guess I'm just weird about my picture taking. Any picture I intend to upload here, I use my DSLR so they always are oriented correctly.