Yellow-Green Spined Succulent

This small cactus grows up to 6 feet (1.8 meters) tall. The wispy stem is yellow-green, and is covered in brittle faded green spines. The tear-shaped body is yellow-green, and is covered in hundreds of rigid dark grey spines.

It is slow growing, taking 11 years to reach maturity. Once mature, and only under the right conditions, a single flower with grey petals and a yellow center grows at the top, reappearing after 2 years, but only when the conditions are right again. The flower head is shaped like a tube made up of many tightly layered, narrow petals. It has no scent.

The cactus's skin is thin, the pink flesh is rough, and the orange sap is thin.