Bacopa Cabana
The Bacopa Cabana,[1] commonly known as the Pikmin Flower, is a type of real-world flower cultivated to resemble the flowers that Pikmin grow on their heads. Bacopa Cabana comes in four colors: white, similar to the flowers of Pikmin; rose, similar to the flowers of Pikmin 2; blue, similar to the flowers of Pikmin 3; and pink. [2]
History
Bacopa Cabana is a cultivated species of Chaenostoma cordatum used to market Pikmin's release in North America.[3] Nintendo announced the creation of the cultivar through an agreement with S&G Flowers USA, now known as Syngenta Flowers, in late 2001. The flower became commercially available in April the following year, five months after the release of the game. The full press release can be found here. The flower is not patented in the United States Patent System, and can thus be grown freely.[4]
Chaenostoma cordatum
The Chaenostoma cordatum are a perennial and evergreen plant. The record for the lowest temperature a Chaenostoma cordatum has endured is 30 degrees Fahrenheit (-1.1 degrees Celsius).
Gallery
White Chaenostoma cordatum.
Rose Chaenostoma cordatum, resembling the flowers of Pikmin 2.
Blue Chaenostoma cordatum, resembling the flowers of Pikmin 3.
A flower bed of Chaenostoma cordatum.
Official Pikmin Flower press release.
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See also
References
- ^ Meet the Pikmin Flower on IGN
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- ^ Pikmin becomes a flower on GameSpot
- ^ Sutera Species, Bacopa on Dave's Garden, retrieved on March 30th, 2021
Pikmin Garden
Pikmin Garden refers to a group of official websites advertising the Pikmin series, particularly Pikmin 4. Versions in various languages are hosted by Nintendo Co. LTD, Nintendo of Korea, and Nintendo of Europe in Japanese, Korean, and English respectively. The Japanese and Korean websites feature a skeuomorphic main page featuring several Pikmin and other creatures gathered around a pair of books, a tablet, and a folder with a Pikmin disc inside. Each of these four objects act as a representation of and link to the 4 main sections of the website, these being the schedule, a Piklopedia book, the crew, and reports. The English Pikmin Garden website features a more traditional website layout, and organizes its content in an entirely different manner.
Schedule
The schedule is the most frequently updated portion of the site, and most diverse in its content. It acts primarily as a daily calendar, showing the current date as well as a Japanese holiday if it is one. The Pikmin comic of the day is displayed, as well as any news, such as updates to thw website, Pikmin series news, and new uploads of Pikmin: Whats This?
Pikmin: What's This? is a series of web videos in which several closeups of a treasure from Pikmin 4 are shown, and thw viewer is encouraged to guess the object before it is revealed. The current treasures depicted in each video are:
- this is a list i'd fill out later :P
Piklopedia book
The Piklopedia book is a periodically updated page documenting several creatures in Pikmin 4. Unlike the Piklopedia ingame, the entries for each creature are not written by a specific character in-universe. Each creature entry feactures a window in which you can rotate a model of the subject by way of several pre-rendered images. The Piklopedia book documents the following creatures:
- another list :0