Post #410787 by bananabobs on Tue, Sep 30, 2008 3:47 AM

On 2008-07-16 21:22, shampoovta wrote:
There is this lady here in Ventura who collects palms. My husband showed me her house . Its cool.

On 2008-07-16 22:37, Jungle Trader wrote:
"This lady collects rare palms" What rare palms would they be? Do tell.

Her name is Pauline Sullivan. She indeed collects RARE palms from around the world. She has been in a wheelchair for decades but her and her husband have traveled around the world, collecting, recording and discovering palms. She has been the president of the International Palm Society many times, has written books and articles both on her discoveries as well as her adventures. I believe she is in her 80's no and her husband passed away a few years ago. She does have a few TiKi's and Polynesian artifacts that she picked up here and there but her focus has been the plants. A very remarkable woman and even more remarkable collection. When ever she speaks at the Society meetings, the attendance jumps, I have been a member, on and off again since 1999 and I have not had the "full" tour as she is very private.

[ Edited by: bananabobs 2008-09-30 03:48 ]