Tropicals & Tender Perennials: I have discovered...., 1 by weed_woman

weed_woman wrote:
Use a pair of scissors to cut the leaves, but clean them first to avoid infection.
Cut the leaf as close as possible to the shape of an undamaged leaf, then it won't look so obvious that its been cut.
I'm glad this forum is able to help you out. For a bit more interesting, light reading, and info, visit http://www.bromeliad.com/
Your plant makes a good indoor plant if you don't have a shady, protected spot outdoors.
Hopefully it will start to look a bit better soon, and produce pups for you.
The red raspberry part is the flower stem, although the colour is, (as johntique says) colourful bracts, and the flower is a tiny insignificant little thing that you may or may not see. It doesn't look too bad in the pic, but you can probly cut the brown edges from the flower stem also. Take your time to keep it neat!
Give us an update on how you go.
Sue
p.s
Another Guzmania