Crimson Succulent

This short caudiciform grows up to 11 feet (3.4 meters) tall. The spear shaped stem is red, and is covered in brittle bronze spines. It has a wavy, stocky, blood red trunk atop a stumpy ball of wrinkled, exposed roots. The branches are very thick and red and light grey and trail down across the ground.

The tattered-edged, V-shaped leaves are orange-yellow with cyan tips. They are strong, but take little effort to detach.

It is steady-growing, taking 3 years to reach maturity. Once mature, and only under the right conditions, a handful of flowers, with petals that are orange on the edges and crimson at the center, grow at the top, reappearing after 4 years, but only when the conditions are right again. The flower head is an uncoordinated mess of 49 petals. It has a strong scent that smells like skunk spray.

The caudiciform's skin is thick, the cyan flesh is slimy, and the crimson sap is thin and causes diarrhea if consumed.