THINGS TO COME (McAllister, 1993) OGB+ A harbinger of coming attractions in the near-arils, both flower and plant. Standards have gold filigree around the edge of an amethyst ground. Golden ground of falls shows only the edge, with center complete covered with deep ruby red. It was the forerunner of a type of 3/4-breds that are proving more gardenable. I wasn't the first to introduce an unbalanced tetraploid 3/4-bred, of course, but there haven't been enough of them for the group to gain popularity as a whole. This one comes from Balalaika Music X Thunderstorm, and has the excellent growth habits of its I. hoogiana heritage. Limited fertility with tetraploid arils, none in tests with halfbreds. Members of the IRIS-L may recognize this as the one Clarence Mahan dubbed "Fleur de Puce".