If the OP wants to treat them as *one* lamp, I would seriously consider a small DC-DC converter to kick the 5V (assuming it wants to be entirely powered off the USB) supply up to "whatever" @ 10mA. Note that you could design the supply so that *it* does the intensity control (current mode output that tracks something from the MCU).
I would be more concerned about having enough Icc from the USB port to deliver what the lamps will consume. (high efficiency lamps?)