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SONG OF BABYLON (McAllister, 1992) OGB Pale lilac standards. Tuscan yellow falls are covered with a network of heavy rust veins. Sheik X Esther the Queen. A real "toughie" I've used as a "podder" for pollen from weaker plants with special flowers. Note its initials, because this is a long story. When the seedlings from the first-round selection of this cross were lined out they went into a new bed in a unfenced area – a bed that did not meet with the approval of the Great Pyrenees puppy. She'd dig them up. I'd plant them back. She'd dig them up. I'd plant them back. Finally, I gave up and abandoned the bed. In spite of this – no water, no fertilizer, no care – a lone survivor came up the following year. Gus thought that we should try to save it, dubbing it a "tough little S.O.B." Although we did not know which clone it was, at least I knew its pedigree so we moved it to a bed of seedlings undergoing evaluation. It not only thrived, but surprised me with a very nice flower: pale lilac standards; yellow falls covered with a network of heavy rust veins. It deserved an equally nice name, but by that time Gus' label had stuck and "Song of Babylon" was coined to match the initials it already bore.
   
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