The plant caretaker for my office periodically replaces the bromeliads in our lobby and just discards the older ones. So, I was able to obtain 8 of them for free. They aren't spectacular, but they are FREE.

Anyway, I put them in what I thought was a shady spot in my yard but I misjudged the area. They are all showing burnt spots on the "leaves" and the center "flower" has shriveled up and died in all of them. Sorry, I'm not familiar with bromeliads so I don't know what to call the different parts.

So, my question is, is it too late? Did I already kill them? Should I trim the burnt parts off them or pluck out the dead center? They look so sickly. I really wanted to save them from the trash dumpster at work, but now I'm not so sure that I've been any help at all.