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My cubicle is nice but a little drab, so I'm thinking about obtaining a couple of desktop plants to make it a little more pleasant.
The only light available comes from fluorescent ceiling lights and fluorescent desk lamps. These are the lights that you find in every office building. I can't bring in anything that might produce lots of heat or create a mess.
Ferns might do well in these conditions, but they can be messy.
They also sell full regular old lightbulb shaped plant lights. You can put one in a desklamp to help whatever plant if they get pale. My african violets are better under lights than sunny windowsills. Plus if you give them a nice strong day light and then they go into total darkness at night when the office shuts down that means lovely flowers for you all year round! Good food and 12 hours of darkness stimulate the flowers. Plus they are nice and little and don't take up too much room.
My husband is in a cube and needed privacy. We went with silk bush and a tree. They look real! I knew there was no way he was going to maintain live plants.
Maybe consider silk-no maintenance plus there are many websites and/or local stores.
Not sure what your budget is though. We bought 2 large-1 tree& 1 bush for total approx $190-plants will be a lot less expensive.
You could even design your own-go to a craft place and pick out a container-add florist foam-a few silk plants and some moss on top.
If you prefer live when I was in an office one of my co-workers had pothos-she had that plant trailing all over! Try the variegated one for lower light.
I've successfully kept dieffenbachia alive in all artificial light, as well as prayer plants. Spider plants do well in low/artificial light, too, but they are best hung rather than set on a desk.
Orchids. There are some orchid sellers who will allow you to turn in your plants once the blooms have spent for a substantial discount on another orchid in bloom. Thus, you can rotate plants and keep your space cheery, a bit on the exotic side, and ever changing.
Get a mister for your orchid. Office air can be a little dry..But yeh! Thats a good one too. I love them. They also seem to respond well to fake light help.
You cannot go wrong with a varigated ivy, or solid green ivy. Even I can grown one, they stay nice and full and if it starts getting too big just chop it off. They are happy without too much light. They can be susceptible to spider mites so get it from a good quality plant shop.
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