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Cinderella 99hybrid2 sources · disputed
Skunkhybrid1 source
Afghanihybrid1 source
Mendocino Purpshybrid1 source · disputed
Grandaddy Grapehybrid1 source · disputed
C99 / Cinderellahybrid2 sources · disputed
Sativahybrid2 sources · disputed
Unknown Sativahybrid1 source · disputed
Grape Apehybrid3 sources
Grapefruithybrid3 sources
Unknown Strainhybrid1 source · disputed
Grape Apehybrid3 sources
GRAPEFRUIT STRAINShybrid1 source · disputed

Parents

Sources name different parents — 2 versions recorded.

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Zkittlez

aka zkittles, skittles, z, original z, skittlez, pink zkittlez

Candy/Sweet
6 back6 forward

Ancestor of 559 strains

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Disputed lineage

At least one parent for this strain is contested — sources disagree on its lineage.

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Children

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Runtzhybrid235 descendants
Blue Nerdshybrid7 descendants
White Runtzhybrid47 descendants
Blue Zushihybrid4 descendants
Black Runtzhybrid0 descendants
Candy Fumezhybrid7 descendants
Watermelon Zhybrid47 descendants
Bolo Runtzhybrid2 descendants
Moonbowhybrid27 descendants
GRuntzhybrid0 descendants
Blue Zkittlezhybrid2 descendants
Zushihybrid2 descendants
Rainbow Beltshybrid9 descendants
Pink Runtzhybrid10 descendants
Jokerzhybrid5 descendants
Cadillac Rainbowhybrid1 descendant
Blue Runtzhybrid2 descendants
Rainbow Runtzhybrid2 descendants
Super Runtzhybrid2 descendants
Cherry Runtzhybrid0 descendants

539 more descendants

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Aroma profile

Aroma profile of ZkittlezStrongest: Citrus, Dark Fruit, Candy Sweetness.typicalBright peel and juice: lemon, lime, orange, grapefruit. Often driven by limonene, the same compound that makes citrus rind smell like citrus rind.CitrusConfection rather than fruit: sugar, tropical brightness, an almost artificial sweetness. Ester-driven, and the register modern dessert-lineage breeding has pushed hardest.CandySweetnessDeep and jammy: grape, blueberry, plum, berry. Comes from esters rather than terpenes, which is why two strains can share a terpene profile and taste nothing alike.Dark FruitBlossom and petal: lavender, rose, violet. Linalool sits behind much of this; it is what makes lavender smell like lavender, and it turns up in cannabis more often than people expect.FloralGreen, leafy and cooling: sage, tea, mint, cracked pepper. Pinene and terpinolene drive the fresh green edge; the peppery bite is caryophyllene, the only terpene known to bind directly to a cannabinoid receptor.HerbaceousSoil, forest floor, bark and pine. Myrcene and humulene do most of the work here — humulene is the same compound that makes hops smell like hops.EarthSour, savory, barnyard: skunk, aged cheese, pungency. Like Gas, this is sulfur chemistry rather than terpenes, which is why it survives drying and curing so stubbornly.FunkFuel and solvent: diesel, chemical sharpness, ammonia. Not a terpene smell at all — the gassiness in cannabis comes from volatile sulfur compounds, the same family that gives skunk and garlic their punch.GasBakery and dairy: vanilla, butter, coffee, toasted nut. The Cookies and Gelato register, and the newest of the nine in cannabis terms — it barely existed before the 2010s.Dessert &Cream
What the axes mean
Citrus
Bright peel and juice: lemon, lime, orange, grapefruit. Often driven by limonene, the same compound that makes citrus rind smell like citrus rind.
Candy Sweetness
Confection rather than fruit: sugar, tropical brightness, an almost artificial sweetness. Ester-driven, and the register modern dessert-lineage breeding has pushed hardest.
Dark Fruit
Deep and jammy: grape, blueberry, plum, berry. Comes from esters rather than terpenes, which is why two strains can share a terpene profile and taste nothing alike.
Floral
Blossom and petal: lavender, rose, violet. Linalool sits behind much of this; it is what makes lavender smell like lavender, and it turns up in cannabis more often than people expect.
Herbaceous
Green, leafy and cooling: sage, tea, mint, cracked pepper. Pinene and terpinolene drive the fresh green edge; the peppery bite is caryophyllene, the only terpene known to bind directly to a cannabinoid receptor.
Earth
Soil, forest floor, bark and pine. Myrcene and humulene do most of the work here — humulene is the same compound that makes hops smell like hops.
Funk
Sour, savory, barnyard: skunk, aged cheese, pungency. Like Gas, this is sulfur chemistry rather than terpenes, which is why it survives drying and curing so stubbornly.
Gas
Fuel and solvent: diesel, chemical sharpness, ammonia. Not a terpene smell at all — the gassiness in cannabis comes from volatile sulfur compounds, the same family that gives skunk and garlic their punch.
Dessert & Cream
Bakery and dairy: vanilla, butter, coffee, toasted nut. The Cookies and Gelato register, and the newest of the nine in cannabis terms — it barely existed before the 2010s.

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