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Maybe you purchased some Vrieseas that still had their colorful inflorescence even after they bloomed and now the color's fading?

Thank you for your help. I have a picture but I don't know how to add it here so hotdiggitydam could you email me with your addy and I can send you a picture? My broms have red heart shaped flower type things on the top of the stems and they had yellow shoots coming out that have dried up. Did I need to give them more water? I was really hoping they would open up. I am new "mommy" when it comes to broms. Thank you again for your help.

kellbellp just open a free photobucket account upload your pictures there...then to post here.. copy the tagline into your post here and everyone can see it

here is a picture of the broms I have, I hope this works.
Thank you!

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Thank you hotdiggetydam for all your help! You're awesome!! That picture is close but not quite. My broms red parts are flat. I think if they opened up they would have been yellow- strange and I am very confused LOL!!

Someone on here will know what it is....the picture is small and it appeared round. Im a Neo person..lol

Hotdiggetydam, you are A-OK in my book, thank you so very much for your help- I owe ya one :-) My broms were looking like the one in the picture but now those yellow sprouts are all dried up, do I pick them off? Boy, I am a mess LOL!! I thought they would open up and have pretty yellow flowers- I guess I was wrong- sheesh.

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Just let it dry up and then remove it..the plant will make pups that will bloom in the future

K,
Your plant looks to be a Vriesea,and the hybrid name is probably 'Christine',usually the one available in most stores that sell plants these days.
Vrieseas have flat blooms,consisting of brachts(the red oval shaped part that the yellow flowers emerge from)and then the three petal yellow flower itself. The flowers emerge usually one or two at a time from within the brachts.They last for a day or two,then wither and dry up.
More flowers gradually emerge from inbetween the next bracht part up,and so on until all the flowers have emerged and blossomed.This can take a week or so to finish.Then its blooming cycle is completed, and the red bracht part will eventually dry up too,and the leaves will also dry up,and the plant will then have completed its life cycle.But often,new plants will grow from the base or inbetween the leaves,and in about a year,these new plants,called pups,or offsets,will also grow and bloom. So if you see some yellow flowers that have withered,then you may soon see some more emerge above the ones just blossomed.Just be patient. I will post a photo of a Vriesea similar to yours,so you can see the above description on a plant.Note the bottom two flowers have emerged and blossomed,and have dried up.The ones above will emerge next,and it may be a day or two,or up to a week for it to happen. Misting the plant and flower stalk often helps this along.
Bob
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Thank you Bob! I just got done picking off the dried up yellow flowers. The red bracht parts don't seem to be drying up yet- when they do, should I pop them off too? The leaves are still nice and green, I am feeling very sad knowing that my plants will dry up. They are so pretty.

K,
It may take months for the red brachts to dry up,and at that time,you just cut the whole stalk off at the base,where it grew out of the leaves.It may take many months for the leaves to dry up,one by one,but new leaves from new pups will take their place,and then you just remove the dried leaves of the original plant. So you are not really losing your plant,you will have new ones taking its place,and sometimes you can get from one to four new ones forming on the original.
For bromeliad culture information,try visiting this web site,and choose what topics interest you.Check out the photos,and see some plants with pups growing out of the main plant.Visit the Genera, 'Vriesea' to see plants like yours
WWW.FCBS.ORG
Bob

Thank you again Bob for your helpful info. I was just playing around with my plants and I noticed a little "nub" at the base of the leaves on the bigger brom- I think I have a pup :-) I do think I have to repot them- I noticed some roots at the top of the soil and my 3 yr old daughter poured her sports bottle full of water in my plants, the soil is now quite wet, I hope they will be ok.