GELEE ROYALE (Mathes, 1982). OGB+ (I. auranitica x (I. hoogiana x Brass Accents)) X Dresden Gold. Olive-brown-yellow self with dark blue spot on falls. 

GENE'S GREEN GENES (Hunt-McAllister, 1992) OGB Esther the Queen X (Esther's Son x Leo's Lort-chen). Lavender standards, grey-green falls with purple dotting and veining around yellow-gray beard. Not greenish-blue or greenish-gray or greenish-yellow, but leaf green "eyelashes" accent the yellow-gray style-crests. I'm getting some seedlings that are greenish from the yellow side, as well as a lot that are greenish from the smoke side – but the leaf-green markings make this the best I can offer hybridizers working for greener markings in their half-bred lines. Its pattern is much like Esther the Queen, but its form is more like Sunrise in Glory. Its genes are so mixed-up that it can throw almost anything with the right partner. Introduced for experimenters interested in greens, but proven valuable for other lines as well. It has an exceptionally vigorous plant, which may compensate for a weak mate. I introduced this one because of the genes for green that it carries, and simply couldn't resist using this alliterative pun: GENE Hunt's GREEN GENES.

GENE'S GUARDIAN ANGEL (Hunt-McAllister, 1991) OGB (Lahara x Persian Pansy) X ((I. lortetii x Chenik Aga) x Esther's Son). White standards are edged with delicate lavender veining. Pale yellow-green falls have violet veins at the heart blending to rust at outer edge, with a clear area in the center of the fall. A fully functional ½-bred from very complex lines. Crossed with Lasting Legacy, it has produced some striking offspring with its strong, rounded form and a variety of veining patterns. Its pattern is "pseudo-plicata" of the bicolor type, but is much more subtle than most – so I'm trying it with other more pronounced ones to strengthen the pattern while retaining the rounded form. It seemed a guardian angel must have been at work in helping me to save it, but that name was already taken so I came up with this variation.

GENE'S LITTLE SECRET (Hunt, 1981) OB Lillibright X I. susiana. Yellow-gold standards, greyed-yellow falls rimmed in yellow-gold. Extremely fertile both ways, this is the progenitor of a new line of relatively fertile arilbredmedians. Crossed with halfbreds, it produces offspring that are typically 15 to 18" tall, with flowers in a wide range of patterns and colors that bloom somewhat earlier than most arilbreds. Many show some fertility, but none have proven to be as fertile as Gene's Little Secret itself. Crossing it with medians produced a number of ¼-breds, none of which were worth saving. Crossing it with other, supposedly infertile, arilmedians and arilbredmedians has produced a surprising number of seedlings. Crossing it with relatively fertile triploids has produced more seedlings than expected. I'd recommend this highly for beginners interested in producing arilbredmedians but, unfortunately, our stock was contaminated by a lookalike half-sib and we will not be listing it again until we are confident that our stock is true. "Gene's" identifies the hybridizer. "Little" refers to its size and "Secret" to the fact that at the time of registration its pedigree seemed to have been known only to Gene.

GENETIC ARTIST (Danielson, 1972) RB An odd combination of bronzy yellow and blue, with the center of the petals to the sides of the ribs a metallic lavender-blue and the edges strongly colored reddish-bronze with tints of henna. Registered as having a lavender beard, but to me it appears on the bluish side of lavender, so I've used it in work toward blue-bearded arilbreds. Frost and Flame X 'Vulcanus'. 

GENETIC BURST (Danielson, 1977). RB- S oyster white; F light blue; electric blue beard. An exceptionally fertile quarterbred from New Snow X Saffron Charm, widely used to improve gardenability in halfbreds. 

GENETIC DANCER (Danielson, 1976). RB S brownish tan; F deeper; blue beard. Genetic Leader X Genetic Artist. Excellent parent for transmitting blue beards. 

GENETIC LEADER (Danielson, 1972). RB Esther Fay X ‘Vulcanus’. S bright brown; F brown, brilliant velvety violet center veined bright purple, blue-purple beard. Excellent parent for wild color patterns. 

GENUINE GEMSTONES (McAllister, 1992) OGB+ Sparkling amethyst standards; mother-of-pearl style arms; shimmering dark reddish-black falls that sometimes look like garnet, sometimes ruby, sometimes onyx. It all depends on the time of day and the direction of the light but, overall, the immediate impression is of a variety of gemstones – all genuine, none fake. Presumably an unbalanced tetraploid from Balalaika Music X Sunrise in Glory. No evidence of fertility so far in a limited number of tests with halfbreds and tetraploid arils.

GETHSEMANE (Hunt, 1988) OGB+/OGB Esther the Queen X Syrian Dawn. Pale blue-violet standards. Falls are blend of smoke, yellow and green. Signal area has burgundy veins on a cream ground. Proving to be an excellent parent, throwing a variety of colors when paired with different mates. Although its own signal is formed by a broken area of pigmentation, its offspring often have a much stronger signal. As this seems to be dependent on the other parent, I believe that it involves a dosage effect. Registered as an OGB+ under the old quantum system, but it's a fully fertile ½-bred that I recommend highly for beginners. Indeed the colors of a spring garden – and I almost registered it as the "Garden of Gethsemane", but changed my mind because I thought that Gene would have preferred the shorter form himself.

GHOST DANCER (McAllister, 1992) OGB Bold Sentry X Whither Thou Goest. By day, a rather conventional flower: wisteria standards and smoky amethyst falls with a burgundy-black beard and signal spot. As dusk gathers, however, it takes on a luminous "ghostly" quality and beckons across the garden like a restless spirit. The name honors the "Ghost Dance" legend of the Sioux. The pattern seems to be recessive, so I expect it to recur if two of these are crossed, but the first test seedlings did not survive and later ones haven't yet bloomed.

GINGER'S GIRL (Ross, 1981) OGB/OGB- Moon Over Shiraz X Ginger-bread Man. Lilac standards; brick-red falls. Many, many seedlings obtained by crossing it onto a half-sib of Gene's Little Secret. One of these offspring was the most outstanding of the 1991 crosses on maiden bloom, and ultimately was introduced as Ruth Keith. I recommend this to anyone who wants to produce quarterbreds using medians. Classified as an OGB in the old quantum system, this is an OGB- in the chromosome-set system.

GLAMOUR PUSS (McAllister, 1994) OGB Desert Princess X Rose of Sharon. Primrose yellow bitone with just the slightest hint of pink overlay. The contrasting burgundy beard has an arrow-shaped area of near-solid burgundy veining around the tip. A fully fertile ½-bred that I believe holds great promise for the pastels and "pinkish" lines.The nickname of a B-26 Marauder from World War II, which struck me as much more appropriate for an iris than for an aircraft so I put it on my list of names-in-search-of-an-iris. When this seedling reached the "looking for a name" stage, this struck me as the perfect match because it's definitely a painted lady.

GOLDEN LAVENDER (Shahak, 1980). OGB+ S lavender with yellow veins; F light yellow-brown heavily dotted blue-purple toward dark purple signal; brown-yellow beard. (I. samariae x S T 72-126[Houck arilbred seedling]). 

GOSPEL LIGHT (Hunt-McAllister, 1992) OGB Jean Ralls X Hallelujah Chorus. Bright yellow near-self with gold beard tipped tangerine in the throat. Tests positive for the tangerine factor and has thrown interesting tangerine-bearded yellows, with various markings. Proven, fully fertile halfbred. The literal translation of "gospel" is "good news". This is a bright yellow near-self with gold beard tipped tangerine in the throat. The good news was that it tested positive for the tangerine factor.

GOTCHA (Seligmann, 1985) OGB Martha Mia X Moon Dust. This one reaches right out across the garden and grabs your attention. The metallic-plum standards and metallic-brown-on-magenta falls say "come look me over". As you approach, the intricate pattern draws you in for an even closer look. The pigment actually separates on the upper falls to give an appearance of dotting and veining of white, rust, and deep purple. The name came out of one of our group brainstorming sessions – a perfect fit, but I'm really not sure who first came up with the idea. Bright and colorfast, so I'm using it for sun-resistance. Sometimes transmits that interesting broken-pigment signal to its offspring. A fully fertile halfbred that I recommend for beginners who are interested in either sunfast, dark colors or in rather flamboyant combinations, and for experimenters who are seeking flamboyant ¾-breds.

GRANNY'S GRANITE POT (McAllister, 1992) OGB- Registered as Eskimo Harbor X Whither Thou Goest, but the pod parent turned out to have been mislabeled and can only be described as an unknown white-ground plicata. Granite-blue splashed with white like old-fashioned "granite" cookware. Not tested for fertility yet, but other quarterbreds of this pattern have produced nice seedlings when paired with tetraploid arils so I do intend to try it with some of them.

GRANTED WISH (Peterson, 1976) OGB Merriglow X (Card of Thanks x Tuesday Song). Pastel pink standards, soft tan falls with pink undertone; bronzy pink beard. One of my favorites for working toward pinker pinks, especially good when paired with Sunrise in Glory or its descendants. I believe that it has real potential for producing tangerine pink, and recommend it especially for beginners who want to work with these lines.

GRIZZLED OLD WARRIOR (McAllister, 1998). OGB Boaz X Jean Ralls. 

An arrogant black cat raised with a Great Pyrenees and St. Bernard as his own, personal bodyguards readily earned the nickname "grizzled old warrior". 

As for the iris, its dense beard shines burgundy-black to brown-black in the sun – like the black fur of its feline namesake. Near-white standards have blue-violet veining that's most intense around the edges, but light enough in the middle to let most of the ground color show through. Yellowed-ivory ground of the falls is covered by a dense network of red-violet dotting and veining, much like the weathered face of an old Indian warrior. 

GUESS WHO (McAllister, R. 1998) OGB- An unusual pastel quarterbred from Sostenique X Keep 'em Guessing. It has a new type of signal– intense, deep chocolate dots framing the beard. This has undoubtedly shown up before, but would not be noticeable on a darker flower. The falls are a fascinating blend from golden yellow to pinkish tan. No sign of fertility, so far, but I'd love to test it with pink glaciata. 

GUS' STYLISH LADY (Seligmann-McAllister, 1992) OGB Kalifa Gulnare X (Kalifa Abra x Halfbred seedling). Creamy white standards; butter-yellow falls; small rust signal; yellow beard. A fully fertile halfbred, with a nice enough flower, but introduced primarily for its hybridizing potential. With the right partner, produces excellent near-whites with delicate markings and rounded form. "Stylish Lady" was Gus' garden name for this one. It has creamy white standards, butter-yellow falls, a small rust signal and yellow beard – and bright yellow style arms that inspired the name.