Silverblood

This enormous caudiciform grows up to 25 feet (7.6 meters) tall. The finger-like stem is silver, and is covered in thick bunches of rigid blood red spines. The wonky, light grey trunk can grow to as much as 25 feet (7.6 meters) in diameter at the bottom. Its gray branches trail down towards the ground and start growing at the base the stem.

The thick bunches of jagged-edged, wispy leaves are silver with amber tips. They are rigid, and are very difficult to pull away.

It is slow growing, taking 4 years to reach maturity. Once mature, several flowers with solid magenta petals decorated with peach dots and a silver central disk grow at the top, reappearing every year. The flower head is largely flat with handfuls of widely spaced round-tipped petals. It has a weak scent that smells like a newborn baby.

The caudiciform's skin is rock-hard, the pink flesh is rough, and the amber sap is thin.