Ernesto Foldats

Ernesto Foldats Andins was a Venezuelan botanist and orchidologist. He was born in Latvia as Ernests Foldāts. He later moved to He has held numerous official positions, e.g. Director of the School of Biology, Dean of the Faculty of Science at the Universidad Central de Venezuela (1962–1968), and Scientific Advisor to the Commission on the Legislature and Environment. He was doctor honoris causa at the University of Riga, Latvia. Foldats was a member of the Latvian student fraternity Fraternitas Vanenica.