>>39711529BULBASAUR HAS A BULB, NOT A FULLY BLOOMED FLOWER. HIS EVOLUTIONARY STAGES ARE LINKED TO THE MATURITY/STAGE OF HIS PLANT GROWTH.
IT'S LITERALLY IN HIS NAME: BULBASAUR. BULB LIZARD. SAUR OF THE BULB, AS THE FRENCH MIGHT SAY.
IF HE WAS A VENASAUR HE'D HAD A FULLY BLOOMED FLOWER, BUT HE ISN'T.
EVERYONE MAKES THIS MISTAKE. THEY DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT POKEMON. AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.
Tangela Bulbasaur looks pretty cool tho.