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Copper Sickle Cactus

Succulent type: Stem succulent (Stores water in its stem)

This average-sized cactus grows up to 33 feet (10.1 meters) tall. It splits at the base to form 3 sickle shaped stems. Each stem is green, and is covered in large amounts of rigid light grey spines. The mushroom-shaped body is copper, and is covered in brittle gold spines.

It is slow growing, taking 21 years to reach maturity. Once mature, and only under the right conditions, a single flower with each petal a slightly different shade of brown grows at the top, reappearing after 8 years, but only when the conditions are right again. The flower head is an uncoordinated mess of 50 petals. It has a fairly strong scent that smells like bleach.

The cactus's skin is tough, the cyan flesh is smooth, and the aquamarine sap is thin.


It is suitable for making baskets and the like

Colors:

aquamarine

brown

copper

cyan

gold

green

light grey