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''' ({{j|ポポガシグサ|Popogashi Gusa}}) 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 [[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}}

===''Pikmin 2'' Nintendo Player's Guide===
{{transcript|Throwing one Pikmin into a Queen Candypop Bud will let you raise the Pikmin population by as many as eight little troopers. Its petals cycle through Pikmin-corresponding colors.|block=y}}

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

==Color change interval==
{{game help|p2|Measure what the interval between colors is, and check all versions of the game.}}
{| class="wikitable"
!Version
!Time
|-
|US GCN
|To be checked
|-
|EU GCN
|To be checked
|-
|JP GCN
|To be checked
|-
|US NPC
|Around 2.6 seconds
|-
|EU NPC
|2.5 seconds
|-
|JP NPC
|To be checked
|}

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

==Naming==
{{see more|Candypop family#Naming}}
"Queen" refers to how it generates multiple seeds of several types of Pikmin, making it somewhat superior to the average Candypop flower.

Its scientific name is ''Flora regina''. ''Regina'' is Latin for "queen".

===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
|Ita=Cromanvillea regina
|ItaM=From "bougainvillea", a genus of flowers that resemble Candypops, and the greek root "chromo" which means "color", and the word "regina", the Italian for queen.
}}

==See also==
*[[Crimson Candypop Bud]]
*[[Lapis Lazuli Candypop Bud]]
*[[Golden Candypop Bud]]

{{Plants}}