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Magenta Spine Succulent

Succulent type: Leaf succulent (Stores water in its leaves)

This average-sized leaf succulent grows up to 23 feet (7.0 meters) tall. The wide stem is orange, and is covered in many flexible magenta spines. The slender leaves are green and red. Small amounts of them grow on narrow, yellow branches that are short and slender. The leaves are light and frail, but take some effort to detach.

It is quick growing, taking 7 months to reach maturity. Once mature, and only under the right conditions, a single flower with petals that are grey in the center, light grey in the middle and light brown at the edges grows at the top, reappearing after 10 years, but only when the conditions are right again. The flower head is largely flat with 46 raised round-tipped petals. It has an overpowering scent that smells like coffee.

The leaf succulent's skin is thin, the drab green flesh is smooth, and the magenta sap is thin.

The sap is edible and slightly bitter.
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It can survive a very long time without water.
It is bio-luminescent.
It makes a distinctive sound when the wind blows through it.