My advice is to concentrate on keeping the pups growing. The original plant (let's call it mom), has bloomed and made pups. Mom is on her way out because the plant only blooms once, then dies. That is not uncommon in the plant world. As the pups grow, the outer leaves on the mom plant die. This is because the plant uses the meristem to bloom. The meristem is the only place a Brom grows from, and once the meristem is used to make a flower, it is used up. Same thing happens on bananas and other plants. At any rate, as the outer leaves die, you can easily detach them. No need to repot for years if you keep the cups damp enough and add a dilute fertilizer from time to time. Many Bromeliads do fine with little dirt. Guzmanias mostly use their roots for staying upright, much of their nutrients are absorbed by their trichomes.

Hi sevrel, Although I'm not an expert in these matters, I have a couple of suggestions for you to consider. Is it standing in a saucer where it always has contact with water? If this is the case then it probably has 'wet feet' which will possibley lead to rot. Has it possibly been exposed to CCA treated wood? i.e. drips from overhead CCA treated timber beams, leaves touching a CCA treated wood product or perhaps a mulch of wood shavings or chips from CCA treated wood. Is it or has it been in contact with any other copper products (copper is very bad for broms) Have you sprayed it with a fungicide containing copper? If so it will have a similar effect, unless the copper component of the spray is very low. Has it been over fertilized? Sometimes this can manifest itself with leaf dieback. I can't think of anything else at the moment but these are all things to consider, but it would be easier for the experts on this site to help if you posted a picture of the plant in question. All the best, Nev.

Yes it is very nice Ian. Great colour also...MM.

Yes a lovely colour...MM.