Emerald

This small caudiciform grows up to 11 feet (3.4 meters) tall. The wide stem is emerald, and is covered in handfuls of rigid subtle orange spines. It has a twisting, slender, grey trunk atop a thick ball of wrinkled, exposed roots. The branches are flat and yellow-green and trail down towards the ground.

The rounded-edged, very narrow and elongated leaves are a shade of lime green that gradient shifts to sky blue at the top. They are hardy, but take little effort to detach.

It is slow growing, taking 7 years to reach maturity. Once mature, and only under the right conditions, several flowers with petals that are generally violet; each flower tends to be a variation of this colour grow at the top, reappearing after 3 years, but only when the conditions are right again. The flower head is shaped like a star made up of handfuls of tightly layered, narrow petals. It has a powerful scent that smells like pot-purri.

The caudiciform's skin is thin, the bold yellow flesh is sticky, and the blood red sap is thin and causes vomiting if consumed.