I don’t know, but an initial look has turned up no collection donated by a Michael Weiner (Savage’s real name. You know, ‘cuz “Weiner Nation” just doesn’t have the same kick).

Savage has often talked about his days prancing around Fiji and other Pacific islands, playing “old world finger” games with Fijian boys and dreaming about shoving a camera lens up Beat poet Allen Ginsberg’s butt. (But I digress).

Anyway, since May, when it was announced Savage has been placed on a banned list by the British government, Savage has also mentioned that he has a collection of Fijian plants in London’s Kew Gardens.

So I asked them about it. And this is the response I received, from Kew’s Rogier de Kok (I know):

A quick look at the herbarium data has not resulted in any positive responses for Fiji collection from Michael Weiner. As only a small part of the collection is databased it may be that we have missed his specimens. To be able to find a specimen in the collections, I will need a species name of a known collection of Michael Weiner.

So the matter is unsettled, but that is easily remedied. So how about it, Savage? Give us the name of one plant in that collection, and I will amend this post. Until then, it’s just another Savage lie.

Keep the faith.