"The Origins of Bacopa Cabana: Nintendo's 'Pikmin Flower' Marketing Campaign"
The Bacopa Cabana, also known as the "Pikmin Flower," was bred by Nintendo for a marketing campaign in 2001 to promote the Pikmin series. The flower, derived from the Chaenostoma cordatum species, represents Nintendo's creativity. Fans were able to grow their own versions of the flower after the seeds were released to the public. While blooming into a flower is purely aesthetic in the Super Smash Bros. series, in the Pikmin games, Pikmin are at their strongest and fastest in their flower stage.