I have the following indoor plant but it looks it is not happy. Some of the leaves turned brown and the flower is dry. Is this a perennial plant? Do you think I can revive it? I water it once a week. 
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kidra.pazzo
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I have a plant just like that that died. I tried everything, watering on schedule, leaving in short spats of sunlight, and keeping the temp to specification. Nothing worked! – El Bromista Sep 16 '16 at 18:18
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All bromeliads follow the same life cycle: growth, flowering and death. Your plant has flowered and under good conditions has put out two offsets from the bottom of the stem which will become a cluster of plants in time.
This kind of bromeliad is pretty tough but will benefit from:
- bright diffuse light
- higher humidity levels (place the pot on top of a deep saucer of water that has small stones in )
- surprisingly in lower light levels keeping the inner cup full of water which is helpful in high light environments can cause rot in lower light levels
- you can extend the useful life of this plant by removing the flower
- I have seen florists remove the flower and put a spot of spray paint on the inside under the theory that it is going to die anyway so why not brighten it up on the way out
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