Thanks Orquid for sharing.Yes Susan posted something about this too.

This tiny orchid reminds me of the time 17 Dec 1976 ( Wonder how I'm able to be so precise about the date ? It was recorded in our orchid society's first newsletter,edited by yours truly). Our society emblem is Paph barbatum which grew in abundance then, on our highest mountain, Gunung Jerai 5000 ft, or Kedah Peak as the Brits called it. A committee member of The Orchid Society of South-east Asia (TOSSEA) a Mr Phoon Yoon Seng from Singapore visited us that day and expressed a wish to see Paph barbatum in its natural habitat and so the society arranged an outing to Kedah Peak for Mr Phoon and a few other members of the society.To cut a long story short not only did we find lots of barbatum but other orchids as well; notably Anoectocilus, Haemaria, Liparis, Bromheadia, Bulbophyllum, Dendrobium, Dendrochilum, Cymbidium, Habenaria, Spathoglottis(plicata,affinis,aurea).

While looking around, a big boulder,as big as an average living room, caught my attention as it was covered with mosses and lichens. I've always been fascinated by all things small and tiny and climbed up the boulder to have a closer look at the mosses. To my great surprise amidst the green of the mosses were tiny specks of colour. On closer inspection these light brown coloured specks turned out to be tiny orchid flowers with all the proper floral parts.The size of the 'flowers' was about the size of a match-head. It was precisely at this moment that I heard a commotion from somewhere behind me and our assistant secretary burst out of the thick undergrowth screaming "Tedung Selar" (King Cobra).You should have seen me flying off that boulder! Needless to say everyone scampered out of wherever they were then and headed as far away as possible from the vicinity of the boulder. And I didn't collect that tiny orchid- the tiniest that I have ever seen.

NB/ It's not uncommon to have King Cobras behave aggressively when they are guarding their eggs. Here they can grow to 12ft.