Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Broms from seed?, 1 by rockminer

rockminer wrote:
I left the flower stalk on my vriesea splendens and when I looked this morning it had opened and all these fluffy seeds cascaded all over the area. The "seed" is a tiny dot on the ends of the downy parachute. Could they be fertile? If so how should they be started? Am I out of my mind? :o)

The plant has two nice pups now--One from the center and one on the side so am not worried about losing the plant.

Bill