Floro Sapien
- “Our super-mighty leader, King Croacus, will be STOKED to have a rare breed!”
- —Floro Sapien, Super Paper Mario
Floro Sapiens are a race of plant-like creatures that appear in Super Paper Mario. They loosely resemble Crazee Dayzees, except with stem-like bodies. Under control of King Croacus IV, the king of the Floro Sapiens, they began to die after the Cragnon race began polluting the waters which the Floro Sapiens drank. King Croacus, when not using his people to build him a palace filled with jewels, brainwashed the Cragnons with Floro Sprouts in order to stop his race from dying off.
Throughout Chapters 5-1 and 5-2, Mario, Princess Peach, Bowser, and Tippi found themselves chasing down a band of Floro Sapiens carrying Cragnon prisoners. Eventually, the party discovered the secret entrance to the Floro Caverns, where the Floro Sapiens had their base of operations.
Floro Sapiens' petals come in three colors: yellow, orange, and purple. Statistic-wise and action-wise, all Floro Sapiens are exactly the same, sans their color; however the game implies that their color notates their role in the Floro Sapiens kingdom, similar to Toads: the yellow Floro Sapiens are the commoners, the orange Floro Sapiens are the military generals, and the purple Floro Sapiens are the royal guards.
Trivia
- The Floro Sapiens' name comes from "flora" (meaning "plantlife") and sapiens, Latin for wise. However, their name could much more simply be a combination of the term "flora", and "Homo sapiens", the scientific name for humans.
- Oddly enough, after the player completes Chapter 5, the Floro Sapiens supposedly turn good; however, they will still continue to attack Mario and the other heroes if they revisit the world.
- The Floro Sapiens' attack method of throwing their heads is extremely similar to that of the Super Mario Land enemy Mekabon, who could also survive without a head.
- The Floro Sapiens could be a reference to an identical enemy named "Lovely", found in Kirby Superstar.
