Turquoise Spike Succulent
Succulent type: Leaf succulent (Stores water in its leaves)This small leaf succulent grows up to 5 feet (1.5 meters) tall. The thick stem is orange, and is covered in handfuls of rigid lilac spines. The smooth-edged, stiff, pointed leaves are generally turquoise. Copious amounts of them grow from the base in tight-packed layers. The leaves are rigid, and take little effort to detach.
It is slow growing, taking 24 years to reach maturity. Once mature, and only under the right conditions, a single flower with beige petals that gradient shift to crimson on the outer edge. The central disk is grey grows at the top, reappearing after 6 years, but only when the conditions are right again. The flower head is an uncoordinated mess of up to 30 curved petals. It has a soft scent that smells like vomit.
The leaf succulent's skin is nearly impenetrable, the slate flesh is rough, and the lilac sap is thin.
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The trunk and branches are covered in large spikes.
It commonly grows in large patches.
beige
crimson
grey
lilac
orange
slate
turquoise