MARIETTE'S BACK TO BASICS

Sunday, September 16, 2012

{1960s Vintage French Lampe Berger RV Molded Glass}

Another French treasure for you; a perfect 1960s Vintage Lampe Berger RV Molded Glass. It is listed in the book by Gérald Vilcocq - Lampes Berger A Century of History on page 203. As usual, this treasure and others is available at my on line: Spectrenoir.

Leaning onto the Fleur de Lys love seat...

On page 203 (at the top to the right) of Gérald Vilcocq's book you find it - RV Verre moulé (meaning Molded glass).

A view against a clear wall. Hard to capture this beautiful molded glass!

This one is with flash light, showing also the original stone and wick.

You can see the marking: Made in France...

It has a brass snuffer cap.

The Lampe Berger marking...

On the other side it reads: MADE IN FRANCE.

Again, under the molded glass it reads: MADE IN FRANCE.

This is a very rare lamp and I only found one at 1stdibs

They have listed it as being Baccarat... (?)

Sorry Sold out...

Saturday, September 15, 2012

{Night Blooming Cereus (Epiphyllum oxypetalum) Orchid Cactus}

Finally on August 6, we got to see our: Night Blooming Cereus (Epiphyllum oxypetalum) Orchid Cactus in full bloom around midnight! It was worth it for staying around and making these photos of a flower so exotic and spectacular. Above all, its fragrance is heavenly! My husband Pieter also did get to see its flowers, later in the night when he woke up. Both of us are so glad we got to see this. Taking photos in the dark is not easy. I had a flashlight for pointing at the blossoms but I did shoot some images for sharing with you. Below this post you also find the link to YouTube where I put more photos as a video presentation.

Don't you think this flower is exotic looking?

The heavenly fragrance is out of this world...!

Below this post I also placed a link where you can order this plant.

A very nice view inside this huge flower.

And yes, it is a pure white one!

Here you can partly see three of those beauties.

Just wondering which insects will visit this flower during the night.

It is obvious that some have been inside as there is pollen spilled on the lower petals...

It was almost a pity for going to bed that night.. because in the morning the flowers are closed up again!

With my flashlight I aimed at the flowers and I had to squat down for capturing them...

Sideways and here you still see the pink outer petals.

Very nice detail of the center of this Orchid Cactus.

All FIVE of them...

So what do you think of this exotic Orchid Cactus?

Too bad that it opens up around midnight and closes again by morning...

Friday, September 14, 2012

{Epiphyllum oxypetalum buds opening in the evening}

As promised yesterday, here is the sequel of our Epiphyllum oxypetalum buds, now in the evening. Also called Night Blooming Cereus and Orchid Cactus.

Only five hours have passed since the big budding out started. By now, at 21:00 o'clock, I know 100% certain that around midnight the show will be spectacular. Just have a look at the evening sight: