Bronze Succulent

This short cactus grows up to 4 feet (1.2 meters) tall. It splits at the base to form 6 perforated stems. Each stem is black, and is covered in hundreds of flexible bronze spines.

It is steady-growing, taking 21 months to reach maturity. Once mature, and only under the right conditions, a handful of flowers, with pink petals that gradient shift to subtle orange on the outer edge. The central disk is peach, grow at the top, reappearing after 9 years, but only when the conditions are right again. The flower head is an uncoordinated mess of up to 20 petals. It has an overpowering scent that smells like an ocean breeze.

The cactus's skin is extremely thick, the peach flesh is smooth, and the gold sap is thin and causes upset stomachs if consumed.