Vlad Andrenkov has sent me his VA numbers, which are now in the database.

Thanks, Vlad!

http://ralph.cs.cf.ac.uk/Cacti/fieldno.html

Where I have seen them growing wild in China, they probably get rain all the year round. They dont come from deserts. They probably go dormant due to cold, not because of lack of water.

I have now just added Gerhard Heimken's related GH numbers, also from Brazil

http://ralph.cs.cf.ac.uk/Cacti/fieldno.html

I've now added many GBG numbers, from the German Brazil Group. These are of the form GBG81/100, etc.

http://ralph.cs.cf.ac.uk/Cacti/fieldno.html

To see who was in the GBG, search for GBG on the collector finder page

http://ralph.cs.cf.ac.uk/Cacti/collector.html

Hi Eric

China? Japan? That's where they come from...

I've seen one species growing wild on old walls in China.

They are short lived, and flower themselves to death - but form offsets before they do so, if you are lucky.

Sorry my answer is not more helpful.

Ralph

Latest addition are MSN numbers from Peru - thanks go to Mário Snopka.

http://ralph.cs.cf.ac.uk/Cacti/fieldno.html

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