Cleopatra

# Cleopatra ## Quick Take Cleopatra is a Planta exclusive out of Los Angeles. Planta describes it as a candy-gas cultivar joining strawberry diesel with [Gelato #33](/strains/gelato-33) and Z candy sweetness. Independent review flower ran floral — rose over sweet citrus — on dark, tightly packed purple-and-green buds, and read sativa-leaning and daytime-capable. ## History and Background Cleopatra belongs to Planta, a Los Angeles flower brand whose stated mission is straightforward: cultivate exceptional flower in the heart of LA. What is documented about the brand: Freddie “Bigg” Aquitania co-founded Planta with partners carrying legacy-sector cultivation experience, and one main partner shares an MMA background with him. Honeysuckle's 2024 profile places the official founding “a couple of years” before publication — so early 2020s, without a firmer date on record. Planta has deliberately skipped conventional advertising, moving product through tastemakers and connoisseurs instead. The brand also works with Rusty, known as Duke of Erb, a genetic curator who bred [Coffin Candy](/strains/coffin-candy) for Planta and who also works with Doja Pak's line. ## Breeder, Brand, and Genetics The genetics on record trace to Planta's own product description: strawberry diesel gas combined with Gelato 33 and Z candy sweetness. Z is the cultivar long marketed as Zkittlez. One open thread worth naming. Planta's official site lists its cultivars by cross rather than by name, and one of those entries is Gelato 33 × Zkillato — Zkillato being a Duke of Erb line reported as 18 Coffins × Gelato 33 × Original Z. Treat the strawberry-diesel-plus-Gelato-plus-Z description as the reliable version and the Zkillato mapping as an open question. Planta calls Cleopatra balanced; the independent review that assessed it placed the selected flower on the sativa-dominant side. Both readings are in circulation. ## Aroma, Flavor, and Flower The most specific account comes from a San Diego Cannabis Times review, and it is more interesting than the brand copy. That batch led with floral rose rather than candy, with sweet citrus underneath. The flavor followed the same order — garden-flower notes first, then a citrus sweetness that lingered. That rose note is the detail to remember. Plenty of candy-gas cultivars deliver fruit and fuel; a genuinely floral top end is less common and is what distinguished the reviewed lot. The same batch showed dark, tightly packed buds, deep green shaded with rich purple, and subtle red pistils. Its lab panel read 26.93% THC, 0.06% CBD and 2.45% total terpenes — figures belonging to that single tested lot, not to the cultivar. ## Reported Effects and Best Fit Planta describes euphoric and relaxing effects. The reviewer's experience skewed further toward the front end: uplifting and creative, with mental clarity and focus rather than sedation, and usable in daytime. That is one brand description and one reviewer's account, not a pattern established across many reports. Dose, tolerance, format, setting and batch chemistry all move the outcome. ## Awards, Press, and Cultural Footprint Planta has competition results — first place overall and second for best exotics at Nothing But Fire, and a third-place finish at California's Finest — but the reporting does not name which cultivar was entered, so none of it can be attributed to Cleopatra. No award for Cleopatra itself was verified. Its documented footprint is as a recurring Planta exclusive in the California market. ## Final Take Cleopatra is Planta's strawberry-diesel-meets-Gelato-and-Z exclusive, best identified by an unusual floral rose top note over citrus.