Turquoise

This short caudiciform grows up to 4 feet (1.2 meters) tall. The finger-like stem is green, and is covered in thick sheets of rigid dull green spines. It has a twisting, slender, grey trunk atop a thin clump of waxy, exposed roots. The branches are flat and yellow and are long and thin.

The tattered-edged, spear shaped leaves are a shade of lime green that gradient shifts to turquoise at the top. They are durable, but detach easily.

It is quick growing, taking 4 months to reach maturity. Once mature, and only under the right conditions, several flowers with magenta petals that gradient shift to blue on the outer edge. The central disk is silver grow at the top, reappearing after 8 years, but only when the conditions are right again. The flower head is made up of many petals; the lower layer of petals are flat, while the upper layers form a tight bowl. It has a fairly strong scent that smells like marzipan.

The caudiciform's skin is thin, the brilliant red flesh is soft, and the aquamarine sap is thin and causes severe cramps if consumed.