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222 and dedicated himself to strengthen the organization of the group, planning collecting excursions to the mountains, an annual exhibition and contributing to increase the number and the knowledge of its members. He was elected Secretary of the Society and in this position, which he held until his death, he acted really as an Executive Director. With the Society, he explored the mountains of the area and of other regions of Guatemala to appreciate its orchids and to collect specimens, always insisting in avoiding depredation. During these excursions several new species were found and many others, which although already described, had not been seen in their natural habitats for many years. He worked without tiring during the whole day, with the help of Juanito, his right hand, caring for and improving his collection, which came to be the largest and most complete collection of national orchids, specializing in Lycaste (which he reproduced from the back bulbs), until he had over 1,000 plants, maintained in conditions very similar to their natural habitat, under a plantation of giant ferns. His nursery ‘Vivero Alta Verapaz’ was for many years of great interest for tourists and orchid lovers who visited Cobán. Every night he worked in his small studio, quiet and separate from the main house, typing with two fingers on an old typewriter. He received the main orchid journals, and formed an important collection of books. He wrote Las Orquídeas, Guía Práctica para su Cultivo (= The Orchids, practical guide to their cultivation) and Orquídeas terrestres de Guatemala (= Terrestrial Orchids of Guatemala), which he printed privately. The latter are not well known and have not been studied in the country. He also wrote various articles about little known genera and several amusing and didactic stories. All these publications were typed by him, reproduced on a mimeograph, and primitively bound in a very limited edition of no more than 100 copies, without a commercial interest and with a purely didactic finality and only for the use of friends and members of the Society. He took it upon himself to organize the annual exhibitions, held at the beautiful Convent of Santo Domingo in Cobán, specialized in native species of Guatemala. The judges were members of the American Orchid Society, always very interested to come to Guatemala, which sometimes made it difficult to limit the number LANKESTERIANA LANKESTERIANA 9(1—2), August 2009. © Universidad de Costa Rica, 2009. of invited judges. Both the exhibitions and his private collection attracted numerous foreign visitors. Otto, besides being a hard worker, was a very kind person, a good entertainer and a man who offered with pleasure, and no second interest, all of his knowledge. Although he loved traveling within the country, he did not like to leave Guatemala and, notwithstanding his interest for orchids, he did not accept invitations to attend exhibitions in order to give lectures in other countries. He died in Cobán. Two new species were dedicated to him: Lepanthes mittelstaedtii Luer & M. Behar and Epidendrum mittelstaedtii Hágsater. Oscar Archila (1939-2007) (Fig. 62D) was the son of a Spaniard and a German-Indian (Quetchí) mother, from whom he inherited the empiric knowledge and the passion for orchids. Together with his sons, he founded more than 35 years ago an Orchid Experiment Station, with the “most complete” (In the words of his son Fredy ) collection of Guatemalan Encyclias, with over 35,000 plants in cultivation. The Station functions as a rescue center for flora and is certified under the regulations of CITES and CONAP (National Council for Protected Areas). Archila made his first contacts with nature as a hunter, and later as an orchid collector and grower. He spent days without end collecting in the mountains, even during the civil war years in the 1970s and 1980s, risking going into war areas and mined fields, in his efforts of reaching remote collecting grounds in the search for rare species. Oscar Archila passed away in Cobán, on December 12, 2007. The Experiment Station continues in the hands of his sons. The Flora of Panama (II). The Flora of Panama of the Missouri Botanical Garden had been initiated by Robert E. Woodson, who edited the first parts with the assistance, until 1952, of Robert W. Shery. From about the time of Shery’s departure until the late 1950’s there was a hiatus on the activity of the Flora. In the 1960’s a series of expeditions was sent to Panama from St. Louis. John Duncan Dwyer (1915- 2005) (Fig. 63A) was one of the most noteworthy collectors of that period. Dr. Dwyer had joined the Saint Louis University in 1953 and immediately became the chairman of the biology department, a position he held until 1963. He taught at the University for more than 30 years and was well known for his excellence
A ossenbaCh — Orchids and orchidology in Central America C D Figure 62. A — Fritz Hamer (1912-2004). Courtesy of his widow, Hedwig Hamer. B — Otto Tinschert (1915-2006). Courtesy of Moisés Béhar. C — Otto Mittelstaedt (1919-2000). Courtesy of Moisés Béhar. D — Oscar Archila (1939- 2007). Courtesy of his son, Fredy Archila. B 223 LANKESTERIANA 9(1—2), August 2009. © Universidad de Costa Rica, 2009.
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