Orange Punch Strain Review: Effects & Where to Buy (2026)

Orange Punch Strain — Indica, 16% THC

Granddaddy Purps Crossed With Orange Bud

Orange Punch is the Dutch Passion cross of elite Granddaddy Purps and Orange Bud cuttings. Dutch Passion’s own account is unusually candid about what happened next: the first cross tasted excellent and yielded badly, so they crossed it again with Critical for vigour. That second cross is the strain sold as Critical Orange Punch.

So Orange Punch is the intermediate step, and Critical Orange Punch is the commercial product. A lineage naming Orange Punch is pointing at the first cross.

Potency

Dutch Passion does not publish a lab figure in anything we found. A grower-community listing gives 12% THC and 0.5% CBD, describing medium levels up to 16%. Retail copy calls it high-THC without a number. The 16% above takes the top of the one numeric range we found; treat it as approximate.

This is a wide gap between what growers measure and what marketing implies, and it is the reason the figure is presented with its source rather than on its own.

Growing

Reported flowering runs 7 to 8 weeks for the feminised photoperiod version, and about 75 days seed to harvest for the autoflower. Flavour is described as skunky citrus with an Afghan hash aroma. These come from seed retailers and grow journals, not from a breeder datasheet.

Why This Page Exists

Two strains we publish name Orange Punch as a parent: Mimosa x Orange Punch and Runtz Muffin, both Barney’s Farm releases.

FAQ

What are Orange Punch genetics?

Granddaddy Purps crossed with Orange Bud, by Dutch Passion. Crossing that result with Critical produced Critical Orange Punch, the strain usually sold under the Dutch Passion name.

How strong is Orange Punch?

Dutch Passion publishes no lab figure we could find. A grower listing gives 12% THC and 0.5% CBD, with medium levels up to 16%, while retail copy calls it high-THC without a number.