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| | [[File:Pikmin flower.jpg|thumb|200px|Several white Bacopa Cabana.]] |
| | The '''Bacopa Cabana''',{{cite web|http://cube.ign.com/articles/100/100417p1.html|Meet the Pikmin Flower|IGN}} commonly known as the '''Pikmin Flower''', is a type of real-world flower cultivated to resemble the flowers that [[Pikmin family|Pikmin]] grow on their heads. Bacopa Cabana comes in four colors: white, similar to the flowers of {{p1}}; rose, similar to the flowers of {{p2}}; blue, similar to the flowers of {{p3}}; and pink. {{cite web|https://www.syngentaflowers.com/product/flower/70060751|Cabana® Jumbo White|Syngenta Flowers}} |
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| [[File:Bacopa 'abunda giant white'.jpg|frame|Sutera cordata or more commonly known as the Bacopa]]The flower upon a mature Pikmin is called '''Sutera cordata'''<ref>[http://cube.ign.com/articles/100/100417p1.html Announcement of advertising campaign]</ref>, or commonly known as the Bacopa. This was used to model the white, five petaled, yellow centered flowers that rest on top of the first generation of Pikmin species (the colors introduced in the first game), as well as the Bulbmin in the second ''Pikmin'' game.
| | ==History== |
| | Bacopa Cabana is a cultivated species of ''{{w|Chaenostoma cordatum}}'' used to market {{p1}}'s release in North America.{{cite web|http://www.gamespot.com/articles/pikmin-becomes-a-flower/1100-2831784/|Pikmin becomes a flower|GameSpot}} Nintendo announced the creation of the cultivar through an agreement with S&G Flowers USA, now known as {{w|Syngenta|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 [[:File:Pikminpressrelease.png|here]]. The flower is not patented in the United States Patent System, and can thus be grown freely.{{cite web|https://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/1924/#b|Sutera Species, Bacopa|Dave's Garden|retrieved={{date|30|March|2021}}}} It is possible that the flowers of ''Pikmin 2'' and ''Pikmin 3'' were based on colorations of Bacopa Cabana, however {{pb}} and {{p4}} introduce Pikmin flowers with colors that do not correspond to any Bacopa Cabana. |
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| Sutera cordata also come in different colors as well, white, lavender (violet), and magenta/violet (pink/purple). So far, in the Pikmin species, all three of these colors have been used, each symbolizing a generation of ''Pikmin'', or a new game in the series. The Magenta color has been used on all new Pikmin colors (not counting Bulbmin) in ''Pikmin 2'', or the second generation of Pikmin species. The lavender color has been used to top all the known new species in ''Pikmin 3'', or the third generation of Pikmin.
| | ==''Chaenostoma cordatum''== |
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| The ''Sutera cordata'' are a perennial type of plant (reoccurring every year). Also they are an Evergreen, which means that even in the harsh winter climate and lack of sun, the plant's leaves can retain its green color. As an added bonus, the flowers can live through the same weather. This real life logic can be placed into the Pikmin world. The Red Pikmin are shown in ''Pikmin 2'' in a harsh snowy landscape with the Pikmin’s leaf green and bright. Even in such climates the flowers can bloom in real life. The record for the ''Sutera cordata''is -1.1 degrees Celsius and 30 degrees Fahrenheit. ''Sutera cordata'' are remarkably strong plants. Mr. Miyamoto must have had this in mind for the Pikmin to be strong and durable creatures. | | 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). |
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| The different variants of the Sutera cordata are the Snowflake white and the Snowstorm Blue/Magenta.
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| ==Marketing team of Nintendo of America==
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| "This extraordinary marketing initiative to consumers demonstrates that at the core of Nintendo is creativity," says Peter Main, executive vice president, sales and marketing, Nintendo of America. "We used a variety of innovative and unusual activities to build anticipation for the Nintendo GameCube. Naming a flower after a video game is just one more way Nintendo is 'seeding' creative marketing." - Peter Main, executive vice president, sales and marketing, Nintendo of America.
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| ==Gallery== | | ==Gallery== |
| <gallery> | | <gallery> |
| Starr_070906-9094_Sutera_cordata.jpg|This is the white color from the first generation of Pikmin
| | Bacopa white (real world).jpg|White Bacopa Cabana. |
| Bacopa-Pink.jpg|This is the magenta color of the second generation of Pikmin. | | Bacopa-Pink.jpg|Rose Bacopa Cabana, resembling the flowers of ''Pikmin 2''. |
| Bacopa-abunda-colossal-blue.jpg|This is the lavender color of the third generation of Pikmin. | | Real Bacopa Cabana Purple.jpg|Blue Bacopa Cabana, resembling the flowers of ''Pikmin 3''. |
| flower bulbmin.jpg|The Bulbmin are a part of the second generation and have the white Sutera cordata.
| | PW-Sutera-pikminflower-12-J.jpg|A flower bed of Bacopa Cabana. |
| Pikmin types - Flower.png|The current 3 generations. From left-to-right: Red, Yellow, and Blue Pikmin of the first gen., Purple and White Pikmin of the second gen., and Rock and Winged Pikmin of the latest thrid gen.
| | Pikminpressrelease.png|Official Pikmin Flower press release. |
| Untitled.png|Using image editing software this is the color of the Pikmins' flower when the Ultra Spicy Spray is applied. (Pikmin 3) This color is not found in the real life flowers.
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| </gallery> | | </gallery> |
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| | ==Trivia== |
| | * The name "Bacopa Cabana" is likely a reference to {{w|Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro}}. |
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| | ==See also== |
| | * [[Maturity]] |
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| ==References== | | ==References== |
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