Petal

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Petals are items used for flower planting in Pikmin Bloom. To get petals, the player must feed nectar to Pikmin in the garden, which will make a flower bloom on their head. Petals from that flower can then be picked and added to the player's inventory. There are multiple types of petals, each with a different appearance on the in-game map.

Types

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There are several groups of petals based around types of flowers, all with white, yellow, red, and blue colors, the order of which pertains to the relative rarity of their nectars, with white being commonplace, and blue being very rare.

Regular petals are obtained through normal white nectar, in turn obtained through normal fruits. All nectars instantaneously bloom a flower when fed to Pikmin, with the exception of white nectar, which will instead first grow a bud then after a second nectar will become a flower.

The next petal type, pansies, are obtained through pansy nectar, in turn obtained from shiny fruits given by pansy flowers and from challenges. Unlike regular nectar, all pansy nectars will instantaneously bloom a flower, even white ones, and provide both pansy and regular petals when collected.

After pansies come roses, which follow the same rules as pansies; their nectar will immediately provide a flower to be collected.

Apart from these types, there are also others which have special criteria to obtain. Tulip petals used to be obtainable from the shop, but since November 30^th, 2021, they are no longer obtainable. Poinsettia petals are only obtainable on the second Community Day, held on December 18^th, 2021.

Gameplay effects

Petals are used in flower planting as a consumable resource. One type of petals can be selected at a time, and when flower planting is turned on, that type of petals will gradually be expended. (They will not be expended if the app cannot see the player's location or if the app is currently in a crashed state.) The rate depends on how many Pikmin are in the player's squad, but the range of flowers planted also depends on this, meaning it's advantageous to have as many Pikmin in the squad as possible.

Pikmin in squad	Petals used per minute
1-9	1
10-19	1.5
20-29	2
30-39	2.5
40	3

It is possible to select a different petal type during a flower planting session without interrupting the session, but doing so will instantly consume 1 petal of the newly-selected type.

Table

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Color	Basic	Pansy	Rose	Tulip	Poinsettia
White				N/A
Red
Blue					N/A
Yellow					N/A

See also

• Flower planting
• Nectar