This Aechmea doesn't pup alot but you could help the pup along 2 ways...feed the plant a liquid fert(to late in the season for time release granules)or cut of the inflorescence so the mom sends all her energy to making the pup. Depending on how cold your winters are the pup will slow down if it gets to cold.

Thank you for your feedback- good to know I am not doing something wrong. This particular pup coming along okay- but I will go ahead and cut the spike soon to help it go faster. Is there anything I can do to prompt more pups here? Would the fertilizer and cutting the spike be my best options on that front?

You can put one or two prills of osmocote down each leaf axis, this often promotes pupping. Remove the pups once they are about one third size and again put one or two prills down each leaf axis.

Removing the flower spike will allow the plant to put all of its energy into offset production, however you can leave the flower spike on to attempt to get seed to grow out - this will generally produce more plants but takes time.

Rick