WHIRLING THUNDER (McAllister, 1992) OGB Violet standards, purple falls and deep ruby-red signal spot are all overlaid with dark grey. Gethsemane X Ora J. Seale. A fully fertile ½-bred whose offspring are quite diverse in color and pattern. Some have very striking signals. Reminiscent of storm clouds, yes, even whirling ones like tornados, but it was actually named for a Sauk warrior. Whirling Thunder was the son the the war chief, Black Hawk. A case of wanting an iris that matched the name – but this is not an offspring of the iris I named in honor of Black Hawk.