Purple flower like orchid with stigma like saffron????

What flower is this??? ( photo / image / picture from KK Ng's Garden )



I have always wondered what this flower is?
It is a shrub and it grows in the wild in abundance in areas where the land is abandon especially around swampy areas like fringes of padi fields. I was told that the leaves have a antibiotic effect and is especially good for minor wounds ...... err I was told this when I was a kid by some village folks. I knew of this plant and flower when I was about 7 years old and it a great plant to look for spider then. :-D The good old days.

 

Love your childhood memory KKNg... that's got a neat looking pod on it as well as pretty blossoms.

 

Yes it was wonderful daisybeans :-D , swimming in canals with the buffalos, fishing in ponds ....... 8)

 

Wow, KKNg, I have never known a person who could say they swam with buffalos! That is a cool childhood memory.

 

Looking at your plant I am going to guess a species of Tibouchina. It does have medicinal uses but not sure what they are.

It looks a little different than the plant that we use in the garden, Princess flower or Tibouchina urvilleana

 

I think your right digital flower and toni.

 

Thanks for the Christmas present , yes it is indeed Tibouchina granulosa and now after almost half a century I now only know that it is not native to my country. Maybe it came with the rubber tree ..... Merry Christmas All!!!!