Rock Candypop Bud

The Rock Candypop Bud is a black-petalled candypop bud that transforms up to five Pikmin that are thrown into it into Rock Pikmin. Rock Pikmin that are thrown in are simply ejected as seeds in the leaf stage without wasting a conversion.

=In fanon games=

In Pikmin V
In Pikmin V, Slate Candypop Buds are gray Candypop Buds that turn up to ten Pikmin into Rock Pikmin and won't revert Rock Pikmin into leaves. It is revealed that Candypop Buds are a stage of Pikmin evolution that occurs immediately before the Onion.