Culture depends on where you are in the world. It has a climbing habit and seems to be best grown on a tree fern mount around these parts. Apart from a few split pseudobulbs the plant looks in pretty good shape.

Added via edit. Easy to grow in shade-house here and probably best grown on a mount . Cool tolerant in winter and needs a sheltered spot with the correct amount of filtered sunlight. If you add your growing spot details, someone will be able to give you fine tuned advice.

I’m located in US zone 7. Plant was purchased from somewhere in California and I’m not quite sure of the sellers growing conditions, I have only had it in my care for a few days, but as of now I have the plant in its original grow pot sitting in a south facing window. I water twice a week and give the bulbs a light spritz of water daily. You are correct, other than the split bulbs the plants seems to be nice and healthy but I’m concerned because these plants love to be watered, is it possible the split in the bulbs could eventually lead to bulb rot? Thanks

I wouldn’t worry about it. I have had the same thing happen to encyclia bulbs. I think sometimes they expand faster than they can grow and get “stretch marks”. The one to the left in the photo looks to be dry scar tissue which is fine. To the right I would be careful not to let water sit in the pocket which could cause bigger issues.

I wish I could get mine to grow straight up like that. It's last light source must have been from above. My coconut orchid is growing sideways, possibly because it has always been in a windowsill. You will love the fragrance when it blooms. I agree that the cracks are probably the aging process and would not remove them unless they start turning yellow, brown, or black

Your orchids looks very healthy. They like it warm and bright. If there is any black & soft spots on your pseudobulbs I recommend removing the black and soft tissue, spraying with an hydrogen peroxide/water mix and sealing with cinnamon. Howevee, your coconut orchid doesn't appear to have any unhealthy tissue so I recommend continuing what you are doing and look forward to blooms. ☺

That is a rather young max. I grew mine is a basket. They become less attractive as they age. lack of water at some past point, is what happened

Mine is such a little baby right now. But I am looking forward to seeing it that big.

Thanks everyone, I ended up trimming most of the split bulbs away and she still is a full looking plant. I wasn’t planning on repotting, but just to be on the safe side, I did pull her out of her pot to examine the root system and she was terribly pot bound. The good thing is all the roots looked healthy. The root ball was so tight I wasn’t able to work much of the old media away. I did what I could and repotted her in this terra cotta pot which I plan on leaving her in for as long as possible.

you really don't need to do that much to max's. they grow up not out across the media. bulbs just pile one on top of the other. You should never mess with the root ball. Mine was 12 years old in a basket and never repotted. They really don't have much of a root system as other orchids do. less as they age. The less you disturb it the better. why did you cut the bulbs? Were they empty shells?

Pereiracity, my reason for cutting the bulbs, yes some were nearly hollow and also for aesthetic reasons. I didn’t see your earlier post explaining that lack of water may have caused the bulbs to split, thanks for the info. That makes sense because there wasn’t any media on the area between the roots and the pot. It was very pot bound. Whenever I would water it would just roll off the sides of the pot. Hopefully now that it has more room the roots will be able to soak up more moisture and the bulbs won’t be prone to splitting!

cnewsome1973, do you find keeping this plant hydrated difficult at all? I bought mine mounted and it just wasn't a good idea on the part of the seller. My mounted plant needs water sometimes as much as several times a day. It seems to hate to dry even a little. If I skip even one day of watering the pseudobulbs start to shrivel. I put the mount to sit in water for a few days while I was away and it was perfectly happy still sitting in water when I came back home! Lol. In fact it looked happier than ever!

I had mine mounted for about a year and it didn't do well, so I changed it to coconut chips and some sphag. It's happy again :)

Mine is mounted and is good. It gets a little sun mixed with a lot of shade. Watered daily.

I didn't know they could bloom well with lots of shade. I figured they needed lots of sun to bloom very well because of how thin their leaves are. Mine gets a whole lot of direct sun, maybe 4 or even 5 hours a day. It blooms heavily in spring.

mine get sun about 5 hours also. But it goes to shade then back to sun frequently during the 5 hours...here in Florida we don't need as much light as the sun is higher vs New England for example...