Thorned Fireleaf

This short leaf succulent grows up to 8 feet (2.4 meters) tall. The finger-like stem is brown, and is covered in thick sheets of rigid dark grey spines. The slender leaves are red at the bottom and brown with orange streaks at the top. Very large amounts of them grow on stocky, olive and green branches that trail down to the ground. The leaves are rigid, but take little effort to detach.

It is slow growing, taking 13 years to reach maturity. Once mature, and only under the right conditions, a handful of flowers, with crimson petals on the lower layer and gold petals decorated with turquoise dots on the inner layer. The central disk is azure, grow at the top, reappearing after 8 years, but only when the conditions are right again. The flower head is an uncoordinated mess of 41 curved petals. It has an intense scent that smells like fruity.

The leaf succulent's skin is thin, the pastel orange flesh is sticky, and the slate sap is thin and causes severe cramps if consumed.