Pellet Posy: Difference between revisions

{{Infobox enemy

|image      = 3 Pellet Posies.png

|size        = 270px

|icon        = Piklopedia Pellet Posy.png

|name        = Amplus nutrio

|family      = Pellet Weed

|areas      = [[The Impact Site]], [[The Forest of Hope]], [[The Forest Navel]], [[Valley of Repose]], [[Awakening Wood]], [[Perplexing Pool]], [[Garden of Hope]], [[Distant Tundra]], [[Tropical Wilds]], [[Twilight River]]

|2p          = All

|weight      = 1, 5, 10, or 20

|max_pikmin  = 2, 10, 20, or 50

|seeds      = Variable: 1-20

|hp1        = 50

|hp2        = 50

{{todo|Add Mission Mode and Bingo Battle locations. Find out how long it takes for the plant stubs to grow fully.}}

'''Pellet Posies''' are a species of [[plant]] that appear in all [[Pikmin series|''Pikmin'' games]]. They possess a unique trait which allows them to crystallize their [[nectar]] into [[pellet]]s, which are dropped when the plant is broken down by a [[Pikmin family|Pikmin]]. Pikmin can be ordered to carry these back to their [[Onion]]s, and they are the main way Pikmin propagate.

The pellets come in different sizes (1, 5, 10, and 20) and colors (matching the colors of the [[Onion]]s). These differences determine the number of Pikmin produced when the pellet is collected. Some Posies' pellets change color at regular intervals, in a similar way to [[Queen Candypop Bud]]s; the color is fixed when the Posy is destroyed, making it possible for the player to choose which to collect. The order that the color cycles is always the chronological order that the Pikmin are discovered. In ''[[Pikmin]]'' and ''[[Pikmin 2]]'', this cycle goes red, yellow, blue. In ''[[Pikmin 3]]'', the order is red, gray, yellow, pink, blue. Using [[glitches]] or sequence breaks to discover Onions in a different order in any game has no effect on the cycles.

===Nintendo Player's Guide===

"''It takes just one Pikmin to cut down a Pellet Posy, but often several Pikmin must carry its Pikmin-producing pellet to an Onion.''"

"''Most of the Pellet Posies you find produce 1 Pellets but 5 Pellets and 10 Pellets can be harvested from larger Pellet Posies. To quickly destroy a small Pellet Posy, toss a single Pikmin directly onto the top of its flower. Larger Pellet Posies are more durable and should generally be attacked by multiple Pikmin.''"

[[File:Pellet Posies in Awakening Wood.jpg|thumb|250px|A group of every kind (except 5) of Pellet Posies in the Awakening Wood. The fallen 20 pellet changes colors, as do those of size 1.]]

10-weight Pellet Posies are rare: there is one in the Valley of Repose, which changes colors and can be found on a ledge in the vicinity of [[the ship]], starting on day 4. In the Awakening Wood, there are three, located to the left of the landing site, near the location of the [[Pilgrim Bulb]]. The yellow one is near one of the [[Burgeoning Spiderwort]]s, located on a ledge, ideal for the use of [[Yellow Pikmin]] to attack and retrieve the pellet, and the other two (red and blue) are at ground level.

The only 20-weight pellet in the game is also in the Awakening Wood, situated on the ledge that is left around from where the [[Sunseed Berry]] is found. This pellet intermittently changes color, so careful timing is needed when cutting it down to get the desired color of pellet. It appears starting on day 11, and respawns five days after collected.

Pellet Posies are found in every area except the [[Formidable Oak]]. Pellet Posies that do not change color are found near the landing sites of where each Onion is first found, except for [[Winged Pikmin]] (where they are replaced by [[Flukeweed]] bearing pellets). The day after the Onion is found, their respective Pellet Posy stocks disappear.

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Although the Pellet Posy is classified as a [[plant]] rather than an [[enemy]], it is still vulnerable to attacks and can be killed with ease by Pikmin or a [[captain]]. When hit, they make a "squeaking" sound. For an instant kill, [[throw]] your Pikmin at the pellet, not the stem. The exception to this quick knockout is [[Winged Pikmin]] and Posies larger than size "1" in ''[[Pikmin 3]]''; for both cases, the pellet is detached gradually with attacks.

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==In the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series==

Pellet Posies also appear in the "Distant Planet" stage in the [[Super Smash Bros. series|''Super Smash Bros.'' games]] with similar purposes; hitting them causes them to drop their pellets, which can be thrown or eaten. Different number pellets do different amounts of damage. They can also be thrown into an [[Onion]] that appears periodically, which will then eject items, if they are on. Higher numbers and matching colors equal more items.

==Gallery==

Reel16 Pellet Posy.png|A Pellet Posy in the [[enemy reel]] in ''Pikmin''.

Pellet Posy.png|A screenshot of 3 red Pellet Posies in ''Pikmin 2''.

5 pellet posy.png|A Pellet Posy sporting a 5 Pellet in ''Pikmin 2''.

Red Posy Pikmin 3.png|Two red Pellet Posies in ''Pikmin 3''.

blackpellet.PNG|A gray Pellet Posy in ''Pikmin 3'', with a [[White Spectralid]] on top.

==Trivia==

*[[Prototype information|Early models]] of Pellet Posies have spiky stems, and when killed, instead of the petals falling off and the pellet falling flat on its back, the pellets remain sideways and the petals disappear in purple lights.

*Its scientific name, ''amplus nutrio'', loosely translates to "ample nutrients".

==Names in other languages==

{{Plants}}

{{Enemies}}