Wordless Wednesday

Took a picture of this pretty white flower in my garden that started blooming at one corner. Thank you Cindi for the info ~ 
This is Cat’s Whiskers ~ The Cat’s whiskers is native to tropical areas of Asia and has spread to the East Indies, Indochina and Indonesia. It is also cultivated in Java and Sumatra. The plant owes its name to the four strikingly long stamens, which stick out, as long as a pen, looking like a cat’s whiskers sticking out from the white to pale purple flowers lip. The flowers are in spike-like flowery whorls, which is expressed by the epithet: Lat “aristatus” (= with ears). The genus name Orthosiphon comes from the Greek and means “upright tube.” The perennial, herbaceous plants will grow up to 60 inches and has purple, four-sided stems that are coarsely toothed with pointed leaves, arranged in decussate.

‘Fui Gui Cai’ ( 福贵菜) or ‘Ta Cai'(塌菜) a special type of Chinese vegetable only available in the local market during Chinese New Year. It looked just like a big bunch of ‘xiao bai cai’ (小白菜) all stuck together. I love to give this a quick stir fry with garlic and oyster sauce. This is also good for hot pot or steam boat. Taste wise, it’s almost similar to the texture of xiao bai cai.