California Orange
Hybrid
Orange Velvet × Jack the Ripper
No alternate names recorded
- Sourced
- Cannabinoids: Sourced
- Effects: Sourced
- Review date not recorded
Review date not recorded
At a glance
- Type
- Hybrid
- High
- Head and Body
- Genetics
- Orange Velvet × Jack the Ripper
- Flowering
- 56–70 d
- THC Range
- 7.8% – 20%
- CBD Range
- 0.1% – 1%
- Dominant Terpenes
- Limonene, Myrcene, Ocimene
Effect Profile
Reported by the community and curated from multiple sources.
- Reported
- Reported Negatives
Frequency not recorded
Deeply Relaxing
Reported
Energetic
Reported
Euphoric
Reported
Happy
Reported
Uplifted
Reported
- Dizzy
- Dry Eyes
- Dry Mouth
- Headache
- The Scaries
Plant Profile
Cannabinoid Profile (As Reported)
View methodology- THC7.8% – 20%
- CBD0.1% – 1%
- CBG0.06% – 1.68%
- CBN0.09% – 0.26%
- THCV0.41% – 1.98%
Ranges reflect legacy lab reports and aggregated user data, as recorded.
Dominant Terpenes (Top 5)
View all terpenes- LimoneneReported
MyrceneHerbal, EarthyReported- OcimeneReported
Flavor & Aroma
Flavor
Citrus, Fruity, Orange, Sweet, Tropical
Aroma
Earthy, Fruity, Orange, Sweet
User-Reported Medical Usage New
Community- and source-reported, not medical advice.
5 reported uses
- 1DepressionReported as a reason for use.—
- 2PainReported as a reason for use.—
- 3AnxietyReported as a reason for use.—
- 4Loss Of AppetiteReported as a reason for use.—
- 5Chronic PainReported as a reason for use.—
Listed by how widely each use is reported across strains. The share of reporters is not recorded for these reports. Not a measure of whether it worked.
View all reported usesGenetics & Origin
Orange Velvet’s parents
Jack the Ripper’s parents not recorded
Orange Velvet
Hybrid
Parent Strain
Jack the Ripper
Type not recorded
Parent Strain
California Orange
Hybrid
Origin
California Orange has undetermined parentage. It was bred in the 1980s, before growers documented or discussed genetics openly, so no verifiable cross exists. Its orange flavor has proved stable enough that breeders still reach for it when they want that note in a new hybrid.
2 lineage claim sets recorded. The one shown is attributed to Expert Seeds; the others are in the tabs above, each with its own source.
Bred from California Orange (17)
The Grow
Best Results
Indoor and Outdoor
Preferred Climate
Mediterranean
Grow Difficulty
- Beginner
- Easy
- Average
- Difficult
- Expert
Expert
Outdoor
- Harvest
- Early October / Mid-October
- Height
- 4–6 ft
- Yield
- 500-700 g/plant
Indoor
- Harvest
- 8–10 wk
- Height
- 4–6 ft
- Yield
- 400-450 g/m2
- Flowering
- 56–70 d
- Resistance
- resistant to mold
The difficulty to grow California Orange is known for being expert. For growers cultivating indoors, expect 4–6 ft height with a 400-450 g/m2 yield with in about 8–10 wk. Outdoors, harvest around Early October / Mid-October.
Cultivation Notes
California Orange is an easy plant. It clones readily in a range of conditions, resists mold, and finishes indoors in about 66 days or outdoors in early-to-mid October. Yields are solid, around 400 to 450 grams per square meter indoors and up to 700 grams per plant outside. Figures are grower and breeder reported.
When To Try It
Best:
Morning
Occasions:
- before cleaning or working out
About
California Orange has been a reliable menu strain since the 1980s.
Also called Cali-O and C.O.B., it predates the era when breeders documented genetics, so its parents are unknown. What it offers is a true orange flavor, an easy grow and a moderate, balanced high.
What to Expect
California Orange sits in the middle in every direction. Leafly's breakdown leads with happy at 56 percent, then uplifted at 45 and euphoric at 43, from a solid sample, with relaxed and energetic close behind. It lifts the mood without pushing hard toward energy or sedation.
Dry mouth is the main note near 33 percent, with dizziness for about one in eleven. It is an easy daytime strain.
Flavor and Aroma
California Orange is exactly what the name says: sweet, fresh orange with a broader citrus and tropical-fruit character over a light earthy base. The orange is bright and true rather than candied. The flavor holds the orange straight through the exhale.
Terpenes Explained
California Orange has no terpene panel in our data, only Myrcene, Limonene and Ocimene named without figures. Nothing here is measured.
The orange note owes a lot to Limonene along with lighter compounds a standard panel does not fully capture. For a strain this old and widely grown, smell each batch for a clear, fresh orange rather than a general sweetness.
Cannabinoids and Potency
California Orange THC is reported anywhere from about 10 to 22 percent, with the lab sample near 19 and older sources putting it lower. CBD is a trace. The wide range reflects decades of different cuts sold under the name.
California Orange is a moderate, balanced strain, so it earns its place on a menu through flavor and consistency, not power.
Awards & Recognition
Each award is bound to the exact entry that won it. Nothing is inherited by the strain as a whole.
2016 Copa Cannabis Uruguay — entry recorded as “California Orange”
Source: not recorded on this entry
2016 Copa Cannabis Uruguay — entry recorded as “California Orange”
Source: not recorded on this entry
0 verified recognitions. 2 unresolved entries shown but excluded from the count.
Competition historyBusinesses familiar with California Orange 0
View allNo business is linked to California Orange yet. Businesses record what they carry through their offerings, and none names this strain.
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How we verify businessesExperience Evidence & Sources
Where this record’s observations come from, and what each source covers.
Community strain database aggregation (Labster/Blaster/Grower/Writer)
Aggregated from third-party community strain databases — 6 source records.
Ascendancy Drupal preserved public extract
Carried over from the preserved Ascendancy archive — 1 source record.
One recorded conflict
2 lineage claim sets disagree. All are retained with their sources; none is presented as settled.
Source summaries only. Evidence bodies are not published on this page.
Methodology and sourcesReader Reviews 0
Reader experiences, not verified data. Nothing here feeds the effect percentages above.
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