Tbh, now that I think about it, it’s more like communication, kind of like how a trainer can communicate with their Pokémon but can’t really understand what the Pokémon is saying back (except in N’s case). Thus, the wacky ability to control plants would likely result in a telepathic-like communication between the leafwing and said grass type Pokemon, even if the Pokémon is not a psychic, ghost, or dark type.