CANNALIB · STRAIN DOSSIER · MANDARIN SUNSET
Mandarin Sunset
3 independent sources put THC at 18%; 153 flower lab samples give a 10th to 90th percentile band of 11.6 to 21.9%; 4 recorded parents; 61 recorded descendants. It placed in results from High Times Cannabis Cup (United States) and Connoisseur Cup.
Mandarin Sunset is a hybrid cannabis strain bred by Cannabate. Lab tests put its THC between 11.6 and 21.9% (the middle 80% of 153 flower samples), with CBD around 0.1%. The terpenes most often reported are terpinolene, β-myrcene, limonene. Recorded parents: Herijuana × Herojuana × Orange Skunk × Orange Velvet. Stated flowering time 56 to 63 days. 3 cup placings on record, 2 verified against published results.
● frozen 2026-09-29 · API 0.7.1-stdlib
● evidence bar: thc 3 independent sources
● type: hybrid
18%
THC, most-agreed claim
3 independent sources
11.6–21.9%
Flower lab range
10th to 90th percentile of 153 samples
4
Recorded parents
with sources, never guessed
61
Recorded descendants
through stated parent links
2/3
Cup results, verified/total
placings found in published results
8
Pictures on record
shown with source and credit
CHEMISTRY, CLAIM BY CLAIM
Every THC claim, and who made it.
| THC | Independent sources | Who states it |
|---|---|---|
| 18% | 3 | leafly_flat, cropking, leafly_flat_enrich, medical_effects |
| 21% | 2 | cannlytics_expand, allbud, master |
| 16.5% | 2 | or_prr00150, or_olcc_rich_enrich |
| 17.2% | 2 | or_prr00150, or_olcc_rich_enrich |
| 20% | 2 | cannareviews, cannlytics_expand |
| 23.4% | 2 | or_prr00150, or_olcc_rich_enrich |
| 3.6% | 1 | cannlytics_expand |
| 4.7% | 1 | cannlytics_expand |
| 5.4% | 1 | cannlytics_expand |
| 6.1% | 1 | cannlytics_expand |
| 7.2% | 1 | cannlytics_expand |
| 7.3% | 1 | cannlytics_expand |
Lab range 11.6 to 21.9% THC is the 10th to 90th percentile of 153 flower lab samples, median 16.2%; CBD 0 to 0.1% over 97 samples.
top terpenes by stated value: terpinolene, β-myrcene, limonene, β-caryophyllene, linalool, α-bisabolol
223 chemistry rows on record. Flagged rows never used as potency: 18 non flower, 45 quality flagged, 0 percent outliers.
GROW CLAIMS
Height and flowering, as stated.
| Height | Independent sources | Who states it |
|---|---|---|
| 152 to 244 cm | 1 | cropking |
| Flowering | Independent sources | Who states it |
|---|---|---|
| 56 to 63 days | 2 | cropking, seedfinder |
LINEAGE
Recorded parents, and how many sources agree.
| Parent | Sources | Who states it |
|---|---|---|
| Herijuana | 1 | strain_fact:hytiva,master,seedfinder |
| Herojuana | 1 | strain_fact:allbud |
| Orange Skunk | 1 | strain_fact:allbud,hytiva,master |
| Orange Velvet | 1 | strain_fact:seedfinder |
61 descendants through recorded links, including Mandarin Zkittlez F 1, Orange Velvet Underground Rbx, Banana Hammock, Big Detroit Energy, Citradelic Sunset, Banana Hammock Rbx Feminized Seeds, Cherry Gar See Ya R1 Feminized Seeds, Citradelic Sunset Feminized Seeds.
COMPETITIONS AND AWARD CLAIMS
Cup results with sources; claims with verdicts.
| Year | Competition | Category | Place | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | High Times Cannabis Cup (United States) | Best Indica Flower | 1st | verified |
| 2019 | High Times Cannabis Cup (United States) | Indica Flower | 1st | verified |
| 2019 | Connoisseur Cup | BEST OVERALL FLOWER | 1st | unverified |
No seed-bank award claims on record.
PICTURES, WITH CREDIT
8 pictures on record. Three shown, each with its source.
credit: allbud.s3.amazonaws.com · shown with credit, copyright unverified
credit: seedfinder.eu · shown with credit, copyright unverified
credit: seedfinder.eu · shown with credit, copyright unverified
How to read this page
Every value is a stated claim with its sources. Where sources disagree all claims are listed. The lab range is the 10th to 90th percentile of flower lab samples and is never blended with seed-bank claims. Parents are recorded links, never guessed. Pictures are shown with their source and credit; copyright is unverified. Nothing on this page was invented, averaged across sources or merged from another name.
Aliases on record: Mandarin Sunset, unknown-or-legendary/mandarin-sunset, mandarinsunset, 018NY6XC00VTJEYS9AA5EJMSCX
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dossier mandarin-sunset · frozen 2026-09-29 · published by CannaLib, a Plausible Deniability project · Cite as: CannaLib (2026). Mandarin Sunset strain dossier. https://cannalib.org/strains/mandarin-sunset/