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Genetics

Agent Orange genetics: parents, labels and family tree

Agent Orange is a cross of Orange Velvet, an orange-cream hybrid descended from Skunk #1, and Jack the Ripper, a lemon sativa from the same breeders, made by MzJill at TGA Genetics.1,2,3,4 Some sources write the same cross one generation back, as Orange Skunk × Jack’s Cleaner × Space Queen, and the indica-or-sativa label depends on who you ask.5,6,7

Family tree

  • Orange VelvetHybrid; Skunk #1 descendant; MzJill Genetics
  • Jack the RipperSativa; Jack’s Cleaner × Space Queen; TGA

Agent Orange

  • Orange ZThe Original Z × Agent Orange
  • Orange Fanta(× Hindu IBL) × Platinum Gelato Chem
  • Agent Cherry BombAgent Orange × Cherry Pie OG
Parents and offspring as reported by MzJill Genetics, Leafly and SeedFinder.1,7,8,9,10,11

The two parents

Orange Velvet is the mother. Leafly lists it as a hybrid created by MzJill Genetics with Skunk #1 as its parent and Agent Orange and Jillybean as its children; it “tastes and smells remarkably like Orange Dreamsicles”, its effects are “not super powerful”, and it “has been discontinued for the most part”.2 MzJill credits it with Agent Orange’s “Dreamsicle smooth finish”, and it was among the strains whose rights went to her in 2019.4,12

Jack the Ripper is the father: a sativa by Subcool’s The Dank (TGA), Jack’s Cleaner × Space Queen, developed as a seed version of Jack’s Cleaner, with “incredibly resinous, triangle-shaped buds and an intense spicy, lemon-pine aroma”.3 SeedFinder lists it as 80% sativa with 8–10 weeks of flowering, and High Times chose it as one of its Top 10 strains of 2006.12,13 MzJill credits it with Agent Orange’s “sour, bright, freshly squeezed lemon notes”.4

One cross, written two ways

Sources agree on the genetics but not on how to write them.

Lineage as writtenWho writes it
Orange Velvet × Jack the RipperMzJill Genetics (F2 and S1 pages); Leafly; Weedmaps; SeedFinder (MzJill Genetics and Philosopher Seeds entries); Oregon Genetics Cannabis’ 2017 clone catalogue1,7,8,14,15,16,17
Orange Skunk × Jack’s Cleaner × Space QueenAllBud; Wikileaf (“local Orange Skunk”); the TGA-era breeder description quoted by SeedFinder (“Local Orange Skunk x Jacks Cleaner X Space Queen”)5,6,7

Why both are right

They agree once you go back a generation: Leafly lists Jack the Ripper as Jack’s Cleaner × Space Queen, and Skunk #1 as Orange Velvet’s only listed parent, while SeedFinder’s genealogy gives Orange Velvet as Skunk × unknown.2,3,7 Further back, Leafly lists Jack’s Cleaner as Jack Herer × The Cleaner and Space Queen as Romulan × Cinderella 99, which puts Jack Herer on one side of Agent Orange’s tree and Cinderella 99 on the other.18,19

Indica or sativa? What each source says

Every source calls it a hybrid; the lean is where they part.

LabelWho says so
Hybrid, “well-balanced”; rated mostly energizingLeafly8
HybridWeedmaps15
50/50 sativa/indicaThe TGA-era breeder description (via SeedFinder); Philosopher Seeds’ F27,16
75% sativa / 25% indicaAllBud5
Sativa-dominantWikileaf6
“Indica Hybrid”Oregon Genetics Cannabis clone catalogue, 201717
“Indica effects, strong and heavy. Very creative.”MzJill Genetics, for its F2 and S1 seed versions1,14

The parents explain the spread: Jack the Ripper is a sativa on Leafly, while Orange Velvet is a Skunk-descended hybrid whose effects Leafly calls “not super powerful”.2,3

Seed versions and clones

The original TGA release was regular seed: SeedFinder says MzJill Genetics’ Agent Orange was never available as feminized seed.7 MzJill Genetics now sells Agent Orange F2 and Agent Orange S1 (feminized), both listed as Orange Velvet × Jack the Ripper and both described as tall plants with resinous, spear-shaped colas and foliage that can turn burgundy to almost black.1,14 Philosopher Seeds sells a regular-seed Agent Orange it calls the F2 version of TGA Subcool’s strain, and Weedmaps says Philosopher Seeds later released an F2 generation.15,16

Clones have circulated too: Oregon Genetics Cannabis listed one in a 2017 catalogue.17 The TGA-era description notes two phenotypes, one short and thick and one taller and more resinous, which Weedmaps repeats as MzJill’s description.7,15 Lab results are matched by name, so the 140 tests behind this guide cannot tell the versions apart.20

Jilly Bean, the half-sibling

Jilly Bean (Jillybean) shares Agent Orange’s mother: Leafly lists it as Orange Velvet × Space Queen, so the two have Orange Velvet in common and Space Queen one generation apart.3,21 MzJill calls Jilly Bean her first and most celebrated strain, with a High Times Top Ten in 2007 and High Times Best Sativa in 2014; Leafly users give it 1,022 ratings and the same orange and citrus flavors, with mango.4,21 Weedmaps lists Jilly Bean among strains similar to Agent Orange.15

Strains bred from Agent Orange

StrainCrossSource
Orange Z (OZ)The Original Z × Agent OrangeLeafly9
Orange FantaPlatinum Gelato Chem × (Agent Orange × Hindu IBL), Seattle Chronic SeedsLeafly10
Agent Cherry BombAgent Orange × Cherry Pie OG; feminizedMzJill Genetics11

SeedFinder documents 71 direct crosses of MzJill Genetics’ Agent Orange, among them Agent Lemon, Agent Garlic and African Orange.7 Our lab matching excluded 9 results under cross names such as "Agent Orange xEG" (3 results) and "Agent Orange X Brian's Cough" (2).20

Sources

  1. MzJill Genetics, Agent Orange F2. Accessed Oct 3, 2026.
  2. Leafly, Orange Velvet strain information. Accessed Oct 3, 2026.
  3. Leafly, Jack the Ripper strain information. Accessed Oct 3, 2026.
  4. MzJill Genetics, About MzJill. Accessed Oct 3, 2026.
  5. AllBud, Agent Orange marijuana strain information and reviews. Accessed Oct 3, 2026.
  6. Wikileaf, Agent Orange strain. Accessed Oct 3, 2026.
  7. SeedFinder, Agent Orange (MzJill Genetics): strain info, breeder description and awards. Accessed Oct 3, 2026.
  8. Leafly, Agent Orange (Agent O) strain information. Accessed Oct 3, 2026.
  9. Leafly, Orange Z (OZ) strain information. Accessed Oct 3, 2026.
  10. Leafly, Orange Fanta strain information. Accessed Oct 3, 2026.
  11. MzJill Genetics, Agent Cherry Bomb (feminized). Accessed Oct 3, 2026.
  12. High Times, The rebirth of Subcool: the inside story of a legendary bud breeder (Danny Danko) (2019-09-30). Accessed Oct 3, 2026.
  13. SeedFinder, Jack the Ripper (Subcool’s The Dank): strain info. Accessed Oct 3, 2026.
  14. MzJill Genetics, Agent Orange S1 (feminized). Accessed Oct 3, 2026.
  15. Weedmaps, Agent Orange strain page. Accessed Oct 3, 2026.
  16. SeedFinder, Agent Orange (Philosopher Seeds): strain info and breeder description. Accessed Oct 3, 2026.
  17. Oregon Genetics Cannabis, Clone catalogue: Agent Orange cultivar specifications (2017). Accessed Oct 3, 2026.
  18. Leafly, Jack’s Cleaner strain information. Accessed Oct 3, 2026.
  19. Leafly, Space Queen strain information. Accessed Oct 3, 2026.
  20. Cannlytics (CC BY 4.0), cannabis_results: public state lab results (filtered and aggregated by Official Cannabis). Accessed Oct 3, 2026.
  21. Leafly, Jillybean (Jilly Bean) strain information. Accessed Oct 3, 2026.