Editing Queen Candypop Bud

{{Infobox plant
|pikmin2     = y
|image       = Queen Candypop red.png
|size        = 270px
|icon        = Piklopedia Queen Candypop Bud.png
|name        = Flora regina
|family      = Candypop
|psize       = Length: {{mm|65}}
|underground = [[Subterranean Complex]], [[Snagret Hole]], [[Citadel of Spiders]], [[Glutton's Kitchen]], [[Shower Room]], [[Cavern of Chaos]], [[Hole of Heroes]]
|challenge   = [[Hot House]], [[Concrete Maze]], [[Hidden Garden]], [[Breeding Ground]], [[Emperor's Realm]]
|produce     = 9 [[Red Pikmin|Red]], [[Yellow Pikmin|Yellow]] or [[Blue Pikmin]]
|piklopedia  = 51
}}

'''Queen Candypop Buds''' are [[Candypop Bud]]s found in ''[[Pikmin 2]]'', quite different from the others in the game. They allow the player to gain up to 8 [[Pikmin family|Pikmin]] if a single one of any type is [[throw]]n in. The flower's spots alternate between red, blue and yellow, presenting the player with an opportunity, with correct timing, to choose between receiving [[Blue Pikmin|Blue]], [[Red Pikmin|Red]] or [[Yellow Pikmin]].  Only as many more Pikmin as can exist on the field are produced; if there are already [[100 Pikmin limit|100]], the Pikmin thrown in just changes type.  The plant withers after it has been used once.

These flowers are found only in certain sublevels of difficult [[cave]]s, usually immediately before or after a particularly challenging [[boss]] battle. These areas are usually void of [[Enemy|enemies]], so they are sometimes referred to as "[[Rest Sublevel|rest sublevels]]"; they contain other such useful things as [[eggs]] and other types of [[Candypop Bud]].

Queen Candypop Buds are far more common in ''Pikmin 2's'' [[Challenge Mode (Pikmin 2)|Challenge Mode]] than in the main game, mostly appearing where the player starts off with very few Pikmin, such as [[Breeding Ground]], [[Hot House]] and [[Hidden Garden]].

==Locations==
;Story mode:
* [[Subterranean Complex]]: Two on sublevel 8.
* [[Snagret Hole]]: One on sublevel 6, and two on sublevel 7.
* [[Citadel of Spiders]]: One on sublevel 3.
* [[Glutton's Kitchen]]: One on sublevel 5.
* [[Shower Room]]: Two on sublevel 4.
* [[Cavern of Chaos]]: One on sublevel 4, and one on sublevel 5.
* [[Hole of Heroes]]: One on sublevel 5, one on sublevel 8 ([[Bulbmin]] available), and one on sublevel 12.

;Challenge Mode:
* [[Hot House]]: Three on sublevel 1, and one on sublevel 2.
* [[Concrete Maze]]: Two on sublevel 3.
* [[Hidden Garden]]: Six on sublevel 1.
* [[Breeding Ground]]: Five on sublevel 1, and seven on sublevel 2.
* [[Emperor's Realm]]: Three on sublevel 3.

{{Notes|olimar=y|louie=y}}

==Technical information==
:''See: '''[[Candypop Bud#Technical information]]'''''

==Gallery==

<gallery>
File:Queencandypop.jpg|Artwork for the Queen Candypop bud.
File:Queen Candypop yellow.png|The Queen Candypop Bud when it's yellow.
File:Queen Candypop blue.png|The Queen Candypop Bud when it's blue.
File:Pm2 RedCandypopBud.png|Clay artwork of the Queen Candypop bud.
File:Cnp4.JPG|The plant's [[e-card]], #49.
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{Foreignname
|Ger=Kaiserinblume
|GerM=Empress Flower
|FraE=Fleur Cracheuse Royale
|FraEM=Royal Spitting Flower
|FraA=Fleur cracheuse royale
|FraAM=Royal spitting flower
|SpaA=Brote rebotador real
|SpaAM=Royal sending-back sprout
}}

==Trivia==
*In {{npcp2}}, the Queen Candypop Bud changes color every 2.5 seconds.

{{Plants}}