Karyn, because I love you, I did some research and came up with this information - hope it helps:

Billbergia produces seed berries. They remain the
same color in most instances. Some, such as Billbergia
viridiflora, will change color. When the berries
become soft to the touch (perhaps I should say
squeeze) and remove easily, the seeds are ready to
harvest.

Here is a link that might be useful: Billbergia seed pod harvesting

Thank you so much for the info. I looked online and couldn't find anything. Now I just wish the damn things would ripen. The pods are still rock hard. Do you want any seed when they're ripe? I'll have loads of them. It's a beautiful brome when in bloom and the foliage isn't bad though I'm not the biggest brome fan. It doesn't get as messy looking as some of the others.

Thanks, Karen, but I have one of these - it hasn't set in pods, though.

Have you thought of/tried putting the seeds in a small paper bag (still on the plant)and put a cut apple in the bag with it? Ripening fruit releases ethylene gas, which hastens ripening fruits/seeds.

The stem is long and the weight of the apple might break it. It's just sitting in the GH with everything else. I shouldn't be so impatient for the seeds to ripen anyway because I don't plan on starting any seeds or cuttings for several months.

Karyn, get a plastic bag, such as a newspaper comes in. Drop the cut apple in the bottom, rest it on something to relieve the stress on the stem, put the seed-bearing limb in the bag and lightly tie it shut.

If the pods haven't ripened by the end of Feb I'll give it a try. I won't be starting seeds until early spring.

Let us know your success!

Somebody did a good job waiting til they were just ripe because, all of em germinated!