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}}
{{naming
|common     = Queen Candypop Bud. "Queen" refers to how it generates multiple seeds of several types of Pikmin, making it somewhat superior to the average Candypop Bud.
|jpcommon   = {{j|ポポガシグサ|Popogashi Gusa}}.
|jpname     = {{j|ポポガシグサ|Popogashi Gusa}}. It is the same as the Japanese nickname.
|scientific = ''Flora regina''. ''Regina'' is Latin for "queen".
}}

===Names in other languages===
{{Foreignname
|Jap=ポポガシグサ
|JapR=Popogashi Gusa
|JapM=
|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}}