Probably Vincent de Vries. He has a nursery outside of Oudtshoorn. I don't have his email but you should be able to track it down. I believe he still runs the succulentauction.com website. --Roy NW of Boston On Fri, Jan 14, 2022 at 3:47 PM SHOAL CREEK SUCCULENTS via pbs <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > > Hi- > > A few questions about the above topic. > I have a few Amaryllidaceae with a VDV prefix collection number. Which > collector does this represent? > Brunsvigia josephinae VDV1148 > > Is there any kind of specific format for these types of numbers? > Should there be a space between the letters and numbers? > For example, Lau 1233 or L1233. (Coryphantha jalpanensis) > Or, SB329. Thelocactus conothelos ssp. aurantiacus > > Is anyone aware of any other field locality databases aside from > Ralph Martin's Field Number Database > https://www.fieldnos.bcss.org.uk/fieldno.html > Or Christophe Ludwig's List? http://www.cl-cactus.com/ > > Sorry this is slightly off topic... or drifted there. :o > > Thanks for the help! > Best regards, Lisa > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net>