PRODIGAL SON (Hunt, 1987) OGB+ A very masculine flower: luminous deep violet standards; iridescent deep purple falls; mustard beard and large, velvety purple-black signal. Presumably triploid, from Martha Mia X (I. samariae x Judean Charmer). Has produced a few seeds, which I've cultured, but none of its seedlings have survived to bloom size. Gene kept meticulous garden records, but he hadn't anticipated that encounter with a drunk driver or expected someone else to have to interpret his notes and labels. The garden label for this seedling didn't carry a selection number, so I treated it as one of the seedlings that were ready for final evaluation. Further study of the garden records, however, showed that it (and its sib, Thine the Glory) were two previously unaccounted for selected seedlings. The parable of the Prodigal Son seemed appropriate.