Hairspine Cactus

This small cactus grows up to 12 feet (3.7 meters) tall. The very thick stem is lime green, and is covered in hundreds of fine, green, hair-like spines.

It is slow growing, taking 27 years to reach maturity. Once mature, and only under the right conditions, a single flower with petals that are either white or bold blue, with a yellow center grows at the top, reappearing after 8 years, but only when the conditions are right again. The flower head is made up of 8 petals in raised layers. It has an intense scent that smells like musk.

The cactus's skin is thin, the hazel flesh is waxy, and the hazel sap is thin.