WISHED FOR CHILD (Hunt, 1987) OGB Pale lilac standards; grey-yellow ground of falls is overlaid rose-buff and delicately veined brownish purple. (Blue Gate x Jallah Effendi) X Tuesday Song. A fully fertile halfbred that passes its smooth, rounded form on to its children. With Whirlwind Tour, it has produced fully fertile seedlings with rounded form and onco-like veining, some of which are under consideration for introduction. It apparently carries some genes for shorter stature because it has also proven useful in working toward strong-growing, but downsized halfbreds. I obtained a number of seedlings from it by pollen from an onco hybrid of the Susiana group, using forced germination. Fortunately, a few of the best have proven to be exceptionally fertile for the type and I'm using them in my attempts to inject heavily textured dotting and veining into arilbred lines. I tried to continue Gene's practice of using Biblical names, but that often proved something of a challenge. One I considered was "Miriam", but it had already been used – when I learned that one translation of Miriam is "Wished-for Child", I felt it was most appropriate.