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title: "I’ve had this for about 6 months but it’s not lost it’s bright red…"
description: "I’ve had this for about 6 months but it’s not lost it’s bright red colour is the flowers and they seem to be drying up. Any help people have on this would be…"
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community: "Pests, diseases and problems"
author: "Kym"
published: "2023-06-14T08:04:57.376Z"
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# I’ve had this for about 6 months but it’s not lost it’s bright red…

_Lagt ut av Kym den 2023-06-14_

I’ve had this for about 6 months but it’s not lost it’s bright red colour is the flowers and they seem to be drying up. Any help people have on this would be great as I love it and want to see it come back if I can.

![Vedlegg 1 av 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/q3P9Jjr26xaECk8E27HPAAotbwb8tYHvsSQG-JcFlzI/6b3fe912bac3481880dfefc693104223.webp?size=large)

## 3 kommentarer

### Danika kommenterte den 2023-06-14

Its so pretty! What is it?  
Hard to say not knowing species, but best guess is 2 things: needs a grow light \& the flowers are hogging all the energy from leaves.

#### Kym svarte den 2023-06-14

It’s a Vriesea ‘Astrid’ or a flaming Sword ‘Astrid’. Thanks I’ll look into a grow light

#### Lucy Frü svarte den 2023-06-15

Bromeliads usually only bloom once and then they start throwing pups (which you can remove and grow into new plants but it’ll take some years for a bract to grow) basically preparing to die. Once the main bract dies, it won’t grow back unfortunately. Feel free to check me on this since it’s a blanket statement for most bromeliads.

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