Bloodfire Agave

This modest-sized leaf succulent grows up to 26 feet (7.9 meters) tall. The stiff, pointed stem is moss green, and is covered in dozens of rigid cream spines. The toothed-edged, very narrow and elongated leaves are solid blood red with dark grey zig-zags. Small amounts of them grow from the base in tight-packed layers. The leaves are durable, but easily come away when pulled.

It is steady-growing, taking 2 years to reach maturity. Once mature, and only under the right conditions, a handful of flowers, with petals that are brown in the center, olive in the middle and light brown at the edges, grow at the top, reappearing after 4 years, but only when the conditions are right again. The flower head is shaped like a sphere with 10 tightly layered, round-tipped petals. It has a weak scent that smells like pineapple.

The leaf succulent's skin is thin, the silver flesh is rough, and the orange sap is thin.