To get the most amount of flowers for the same amount of nectar I only feed my bud state pikmins but it’s a hassle to pick them out of 800+ pikmins!
A feature to sort the list if pikmins by leaf/bud/blooming would be great (an alternative could be a search function for buds/leaves etc.).
Thank you for your consideration!
You can search the key word “bud”. You can also double whistle twice. The first double whistle will bring up favorites. The next double whistle will bring up bud/leaf first. If there are any Pikmin in the bud state they will join the squad before leaf state Pikmin.
Thanks! 
I did not know you could search for buds like that!