EL GIGANTE (McAllister, R. 1996) OGB- (Desert Princess X Rose of Sharon) X Secret Melody. It's a bilingual play on words. Translation: "The Giant". Pronunciation: el-he-GANT-aye. This iris really named itself because it is both huge and elegant. Standards and style arms are soft gold, its golden falls have such an intense wash of reddish-violet over the blade that they look almost solid reddish-brown except for a fine gold edge and brown-on-gold veining around a brownish-violet-tipped-soft-gold beard. I have high hopes for it with tetraploid arils, but no seedlings so far.