I wouldn't count on blooms. These are plants that prefer full-fun.

Office environments are often quite dry. A plant in those conditions can dry out more than if in a humid-rich environment like outdoors.

Can you bring them home for some real sun and replace your work plants with some tropical foliage plants that tolerate office conditions better? If you do want to give your plants some real outdoors-time, shelter them at first until they get "hardened" off.

FataMorgana

Thanks, Fata, I was afraid of that. Unfortunately, my apartment gets even less light than the office, which is why I've become the workplace "plant lady". The modest windowsill garden features about a dozen varieties of foliage plants ranging from Aloe vera to Zebrina, and several (mostly annual) herbs. The total herb yield is less than what you can buy at the grocery for a dollar, but this nature-starved urban child gets a kick out of pretending to be a farmer and tasting at least a little leafy green stuff that's still alive.

Ah, well, the lavender is still nice to look at and smell, even if I won't ever be able to make lavender wands for the linen closet.

Look up recipes with lavender. You can cook with it whether or not it flowers.

annamorel, sounds like a fun "office garden!"

I have overwintered holy basil indoors on a windowsill. Did ok, prefers the outdoors and full-sun better. But it may be another fragrant one to try. I'm drinking a cup of tulsi (aka holy basil) tea right now so that's why it came to mind.

FataMorgana

Would you be able to stick some kind of supplemental light on the plants? If you can't do it directly because the management won't allow it, perhaps you could do it on the stealth, getting some kind of pole lamp or similar and using the excuse that it's too dark and you're having trouble reading.

Also, regarding the plant that wilts on weekends, you can buy little spikes with water reservoirs that automatically water as the plant needs it - you could give the one that wilts one of these each Friday and then remove it on Monday morning. That would see it through the weekend.

Here is a link that might be useful: Jobes automatic watering spikes