{"id":2608,"date":"2012-06-16T09:24:14","date_gmt":"2012-06-16T16:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thepitcherplantproject.com\/blog\/?p=2608"},"modified":"2013-09-05T09:58:46","modified_gmt":"2013-09-05T16:58:46","slug":"kickin-it-with-wang-and-martinez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thepitcherplantproject.com\/archive\/2012\/06\/kickin-it-with-wang-and-martinez\/","title":{"rendered":"Kickin&#8217; it with Wang and Martinez"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Last weekend, I had the honor and privilege of kickin&#8217; it with fellow carnivore-heads Mike Wang and Drew Martinez. Both are truly amazing individuals and growers par excellence. I&#8217;m very thankful to know Mike and am quite\u00a0privileged\u00a0to have met Drew on this\u00a0monumental\u00a0day. We met up at Mike&#8217;s and spent the day geeking out over plants there for a while. We then headed over to Drew&#8217;s place for more botanical nerdiness! I really can&#8217;t capture what I&#8217;ve seen and witnessed in words &#8211; so I&#8217;ll let the photos do the talking. Immerse yourself by checking out the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rco911\/sets\/72157630061223043\/show\/\" target=\"_blank\">full screen slideshow<\/a>! <em>Mike and Drew &#8211; thanks again for your kindness and hospitality! Much props and respect to both of you. Continue to motivate us all to be great growers like yourselves! WORD, HOMIES.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rco911\/sets\/72157630061223043\/show\/\" target=\"_blank\">Click here for the full screen slideshow!<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"color: #888888;\">(Note, you may use your arrow keys to scroll through photos in the slideshow.)<\/span><\/em><\/h6>\n<p align = center>\n<object width=\"500\" height=\"375\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"offsite=true&amp;lang=en-us&amp;page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2Frco911%2Fsets%2F72157630061223043%2Fshow%2F&amp;page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2Frco911%2Fsets%2F72157630061223043%2F&amp;set_id=72157630061223043&amp;jump_to=\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/apps\/slideshow\/show.swf?v=109615\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed width=\"500\" height=\"375\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/apps\/slideshow\/show.swf?v=109615\" flashvars=\"offsite=true&amp;lang=en-us&amp;page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2Frco911%2Fsets%2F72157630061223043%2Fshow%2F&amp;page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2Frco911%2Fsets%2F72157630061223043%2F&amp;set_id=72157630061223043&amp;jump_to=\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" \/><\/object>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Below are a few highlights from our\u00a0delicious\u00a0carnivorous soiree.<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Bon appetit!<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">***<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>From The Garden of Wang&#8230;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Kickin' it with Wang and Martinez\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7079\/7370491884_8f7fc051dd.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Kickin' it with Wang and Martinez\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8150\/7185261331_d80e38f2c4.jpg\" width=\"427\" height=\"640\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Kickin' it with Wang and Martinez\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5196\/7185266949_e30f82b370.jpg\" width=\"427\" height=\"640\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Kickin' it with Wang and Martinez\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7102\/7370503308_9d82a57980.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #888888;\">Mike with the ultimate frisbee while Drew is paparazzi-ing.<\/span> <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Kickin' it with Wang and Martinez\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5072\/7185272355_89139cf40c.jpg\" width=\"427\" height=\"640\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Kickin' it with Wang and Martinez\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7073\/7185274335_66160411dd.jpg\" width=\"427\" height=\"640\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Kickin' it with Wang and Martinez\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8014\/7185278189_d04f4bc914.jpg\" width=\"427\" height=\"640\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Kickin' it with Wang and Martinez\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7089\/7185282161_ae1e9dfd65.jpg\" width=\"427\" height=\"640\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"Kickin' it with Wang and Martinez\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5327\/7185287667_2b91c0e397_z.jpg\" width=\"427\" height=\"640\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Kickin' it with Wang and Martinez\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5239\/7185296171_d882103edc_z.jpg\" width=\"427\" height=\"640\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"Kickin' it with Wang and Martinez\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5452\/7370532854_e78acea619.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"Kickin' it with Wang and Martinez\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7102\/7185300653_600ac75c4b.jpg\" width=\"427\" height=\"640\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Kickin' it with Wang and Martinez\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8156\/7370539116_09c2b6e37c_z.jpg\" width=\"427\" height=\"640\" \/><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #888888;\">Sarracenia homies in effect.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">***<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>From The Garden of Martinez&#8230;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Kickin' it with Wang and Martinez\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7093\/7370540870_e82b883ece_z.jpg\" width=\"427\" height=\"640\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Kickin' it with Wang and Martinez\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7239\/7370547186_72779963fa_z.jpg\" width=\"427\" height=\"640\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Kickin' it with Wang and Martinez\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7098\/7370549854_b3de8d8549_z.jpg\" width=\"427\" height=\"640\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Kickin' it with Wang and Martinez\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7243\/7370562298_4cff3f7e9b_z.jpg\" width=\"427\" height=\"640\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Kickin' it with Wang and Martinez\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7096\/7370559906_56393cbd2c.jpg\" width=\"427\" height=\"640\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Kickin' it with Wang and Martinez\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7096\/7185337447_08da6f76a5_z.jpg\" width=\"427\" height=\"640\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Kickin' it with Wang and Martinez\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5115\/7370576356_55191c8129_z.jpg\" width=\"427\" height=\"640\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Kickin' it with Wang and Martinez\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7077\/7370577184_d044a91e6b_z.jpg\" width=\"427\" height=\"640\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Kickin' it with Wang and Martinez\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7102\/7370589710_809501d0d7_z.jpg\" width=\"427\" height=\"640\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Kickin' it with Wang and Martinez\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7101\/7370593596_51f6bd6362_z.jpg\" width=\"427\" height=\"640\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Kickin' it with Wang and Martinez\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8163\/7185363673_0c01ce0610_z.jpg\" width=\"427\" height=\"640\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Kickin' it with Wang and Martinez\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5155\/7370820680_cf9abfc54c_z.jpg\" width=\"427\" height=\"640\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Kickin' it with Wang and Martinez\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7084\/7185599189_c304392a5a_z.jpg\" width=\"427\" height=\"640\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Kickin' it with Wang and Martinez\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7212\/7185614329_3fb3c7de90.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Kickin' it with Wang and Martinez\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5321\/7185620905_54aae89336_z.jpg\" width=\"427\" height=\"640\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Kickin' it with Wang and Martinez\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8155\/7370853950_0425ba2c01_z.jpg\" width=\"427\" height=\"640\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Kickin' it with Wang and Martinez\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8009\/7370855262_e0d6c460f7_z.jpg\" width=\"427\" height=\"640\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Kickin' it with Wang and Martinez\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7218\/7370856954_fa07329cf8_z.jpg\" width=\"427\" height=\"640\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Kickin' it with Wang and Martinez\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7091\/7185626595_4880b7e67d_z.jpg\" width=\"427\" height=\"640\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Kickin' it with Wang and Martinez\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7219\/7370859110_9a0e090e52_z.jpg\" width=\"427\" height=\"640\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Kickin' it with Wang and Martinez\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7234\/7370860514_cec64ee9c8_z.jpg\" width=\"427\" height=\"640\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Kickin' it with Wang and Martinez\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7233\/7370861190_2348c1fd19_z.jpg\" width=\"427\" height=\"640\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Kickin' it with Wang and Martinez\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7216\/7185632067_5b5b5e3ae0_z.jpg\" width=\"427\" height=\"640\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Kickin' it with Wang and Martinez\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8007\/7370868252_48e3e83995_z.jpg\" width=\"427\" height=\"640\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Kickin' it with Wang and Martinez\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5454\/7185642531_cd2bcf093c_z.jpg\" width=\"427\" height=\"640\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Kickin' it with Wang and Martinez\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7221\/7185645607_61d558996e_z.jpg\" width=\"427\" height=\"640\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Kickin' it with Wang and Martinez\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5155\/7370878894_0ced5a85fb_z.jpg\" width=\"427\" height=\"640\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Kickin' it with Wang and Martinez\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7233\/7185649949_dc2995db9c_z.jpg\" width=\"427\" height=\"640\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Kickin' it with Wang and Martinez\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8005\/7185656417_028d089996_z.jpg\" width=\"427\" height=\"640\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Kickin' it with Wang and Martinez\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7078\/7370889046_5a583667a6_z.jpg\" width=\"427\" height=\"640\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Kickin' it with Wang and Martinez\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8145\/7185661597_fe08d087f6_z.jpg\" width=\"427\" height=\"640\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Kickin' it with Wang and Martinez\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7232\/7185670541_dedd5042d4_z.jpg\" width=\"427\" height=\"640\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Kickin' it with Wang and Martinez\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7071\/7185676733_03976e9db4_z.jpg\" width=\"427\" height=\"640\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Kickin' it with Wang and Martinez\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5071\/7185693005_8ebfdb67c0_z.jpg\" width=\"427\" height=\"640\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Kickin' it with Wang and Martinez\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8012\/7370927978_83d255b21c_z.jpg\" width=\"427\" height=\"640\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Kickin' it with Wang and Martinez\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7225\/7370940642_49cd9c1e74_z.jpg\" width=\"427\" height=\"640\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Kickin' it with Wang and Martinez\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7232\/7185719919_926c59d33f_z.jpg\" width=\"427\" height=\"640\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"Kickin' it with Wang and Martinez\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7211\/7370958296_233f0dd39a.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last weekend, I had the honor and privilege of kickin&#8217; it with fellow carnivore-heads Mike Wang and Drew Martinez. Both are truly amazing individuals and growers par excellence. I&#8217;m very thankful to know Mike and am quite\u00a0privileged\u00a0to have met Drew &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/thepitcherplantproject.com\/archive\/2012\/06\/kickin-it-with-wang-and-martinez\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[16,358,618,42,1361,345,101,619,130],"class_list":["post-2608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-awesome","tag-carnivorous-plants","tag-drew-martinez","tag-drosera","tag-heliamphora","tag-mike-wang","tag-nepenthes","tag-plant-dorks-unite","tag-sarracenia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thepitcherplantproject.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2608","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/thepitcherplantproject.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/thepitcherplantproject.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thepitcherplantproject.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thepitcherplantproject.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2608"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/thepitcherplantproject.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2608\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thepitcherplantproject.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thepitcherplantproject.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thepitcherplantproject.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}