I used to have house plants in the house I had when living in NC.
That home had TONS of big windows, and it was very bright in all
the rooms (living/dining room and the morning room).
5 of my plants were vines 2 philodendron, 2 wandering jews, 1 swedish
ivy. These 5 plants grew so well that they went around the ceiling of all
the rooms (except bedrooms and bathrooms). My swedish plant didn't
grow as fast as the others.
I also had a mother-in-law tongue that was only had 5 blades with the
tallest being about 10-11 inches. When we moved into our new home I
put this plant on a plant stand in the corner of of my morning room. It
must have really liked being in that spot because with 3 months I had
to replant it in a larger pot it had about 10 blades and was about 19-20"
tall. By the time I had been in my new home for a year I had to repot
that plant 4 times until the last pot was 15" diam and was almost touching
the ceiling.
Sadly in 1998 I left NC (lots of personal reasons), I couldn't bring any of
my plants with me. A year after I left had to go back and close up my home
and get it ready to sale. ALL my plants were dead they hadn't been watered
or taken care of in that year I was gone.
I tried to grow house plants here, but my condo has NO good natural light
my balcony does face south, but it doesn't get good light either.