Arthur Holst whereabouts?

[smweaver]

I know this is probably not the correct area of this website to bring this up, so if a moderator sees this, it will be appreciated if you would kindly move this to a more appropriate location.

I'm trying to locate Arthur W. Holst, who, in addition to co-authoring An Introduction to the Cultivated Angraecoids of Madagascar, wrote The World of Catasetums.

I don't know if he is still living, but if anyone who knows him (or of him), would you please let me know?

Thanks, everyone, in advance for your assistance.

Steve

[isurus79]

I'm not sure!

[Leafmite]

Hopefully someone here can help you but, if not, maybe there is another route to try. I would guess that someone like this would belong to an orchid society or has given talks to orchid societies. If he is in the USA, it might be helpful to go to the websites of the different national conferences and email the poor person who is charitable enough to have agreed to be in charge. Perhaps they could help you. Ours sends emails to our liaison and then an email is sent to all our members if it is of interest. If you know the general area where he lives/lived, that would be even more helpful. Ours covers a wide area including Michigan and New York.

This is the link to my area's conference: https://midamericanorchids.org/

Another way to find an author is to contact the publisher and they can sometimes help you get in touch with the author.

Good luck!

[Dorchid]

Maybe ask Fred?

[smweaver]

Well, I did contact the AOS, but they weren't very helpful. I know that he lived in Virginia, so perhaps I'll contact a couple of the orchid societies there to see if they know where he is.

And thank you, Dorchid, for that tip. Fred Clarke would probably be a good place to start.