Turquoise

This enormous flower grows up to 10.3 feet (3.1 meters) tall. Its gray stems grow in bunches of 8 and are thin with a curved tip, and the giant, turquoise leaves are long, narrow with jagged edges. A pair of leaves grow at the base of the flower head.

Each stem splits 4 to 7 times; a single medium-sized flower grows at the end of each split. The flowers are 30 cm (11.8 inches) wide, with petals that are crimson on the edges and crimson at the center. The flower head is made up of several petals; the lower layer of petals are flat, while the upper layers form a tight trumpet. They fall easily.

It has an intense scent that smells like old books, and it has very little pollen. It is pollinated by the wind, but is also visited by a variety of insects.