Azure Spineleaf

This small leaf succulent grows up to 3 feet (91.4 cm) tall. The very thin stem is silver, and is covered in thick sheets of rigid bronze spines. The lumpy leaves are either azure or bronze, with pale purple streaks. Small bunches of them grow on narrow, silver branches that are short, rigid and upright. The leaves are rigid, but take little effort to detach.

It is very slow growing, taking 8 years to reach maturity. Once mature, and only under the right conditions, a single flower with petals that are blood red on the underside and amber on the top grows at the top, reappearing after 8 years, but only when the conditions are right again. The flower head is an uncoordinated mess of up to 20 curved petals. It has a mildly strong scent that smells like sugar.

The leaf succulent's skin is tough, the aquamarine flesh is soft, and the muted yellow sap is thin.