Polly Brown’s photographic series on office plants or office blooms, over at the New Yorker, captures the hidden and often minute desire to make the work place more verdant. I am fascinated with what people choose to bring to their ” home away from home” and plants are no exception. Even when I worked at a botanic garden in Texas, I couldn’t escape a colleague with the ubiquitous spider plant, although other more adventurous colleagues championed esoteric succulent collections, showcased rare Native Texas cacti, and even kept a parrot nestled away in their workspaces.