Melaleuca huegelii is from Western Australia. Like many Melaleuca spp., it’s a serotinous species. The fruits are retained in capsules until released by heat/fire. #Myrtaceae #serotiny #Botany 🌾🧪🌱
February 13, 2026 at 11:33 AM
Melaleuca huegelii is from Western Australia. Like many Melaleuca spp., it’s a serotinous species. The fruits are retained in capsules until released by heat/fire. #Myrtaceae #serotiny #Botany 🌾🧪🌱
Check out the female inflorescences of Cliffortia conifera, a denizen of fire-prone ecosystems of South Africa. The “cones” are condensed clusters of flowers & bracts. This species is serotinous & also resprouts from lignotubers. 📷: Ismail Ebrahim CCBYNC4. #Rosaceae #serotiny #Botany 🌾🧪🌱
February 12, 2026 at 11:45 AM
Serious question. Why not use the more exact term pyriscence?
> Fire (pyriscence) – this is the most common and best studied case, and the term serotiny is often used where pyriscence is intended.
> Fire (pyriscence) – this is the most common and best studied case, and the term serotiny is often used where pyriscence is intended.
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February 11, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Serious question. Why not use the more exact term pyriscence?
> Fire (pyriscence) – this is the most common and best studied case, and the term serotiny is often used where pyriscence is intended.
> Fire (pyriscence) – this is the most common and best studied case, and the term serotiny is often used where pyriscence is intended.
These fruits of Hakea lehmanniana (📷: geoffbyrne CCBYNC4) are impossibly woody, but a bushfire will trigger the fruits to open and release the seeds. Native to Western Australia. (HT to devils.poison on IG for directing me to this sp.) #Proteaceae #serotiny #Botany 🌾🧪🌱
February 11, 2026 at 4:42 PM
These fruits of Hakea lehmanniana (📷: geoffbyrne CCBYNC4) are impossibly woody, but a bushfire will trigger the fruits to open and release the seeds. Native to Western Australia. (HT to devils.poison on IG for directing me to this sp.) #Proteaceae #serotiny #Botany 🌾🧪🌱
Australia’s Banksia has fruits that are serotinous, opening after fire. Wildfires clear competing vegetation + deposit nutrients in the soil = good conditions for seedling establishment. 📷: Banksia ornata by davidsando CCBYNC4. #Proteaceae #serotiny #Botany 🌾🧪🌱
February 11, 2026 at 11:30 AM
Australia’s Banksia has fruits that are serotinous, opening after fire. Wildfires clear competing vegetation + deposit nutrients in the soil = good conditions for seedling establishment. 📷: Banksia ornata by davidsando CCBYNC4. #Proteaceae #serotiny #Botany 🌾🧪🌱
Pinus banksiana cones are strongly serotinous in populations in the center of the species’ range, but less so at the edges of its range (where fires are less frequent). It's a bet-hedging strategy to ensure seedling establishment. 📷: Taylor Justason CCBYNC4. #Pinaceae #serotiny #Botany 🌾🧪🌱
February 10, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Pinus radiata releases seeds when the temperature goes above 45°C (113°F). Sometimes that threshold temperature can be reached by passive solar heating of the cones if they are exposed to sunlight on the tree or on the ground. They can open even without fire. #Pinaceae #serotiny #Botany 🌾🧪🌱
February 10, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Serotiny means that the seeds are stored on the mother plant, that they are retained 1+ yr (up to 10+ yr), & that high temp. (usually from fire) is involved in the release of the seeds. 📷: Pinus pinaster. Note 2 generations of seed cones on the shoot. #Pinaceae #serotiny #Botany 🌾🧪🌱
February 9, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Serotiny is the storage of seeds in close cones or fruits, trapping the seeds & preventing dispersal until the cones are heated (usually by fire). Post-fire conditions are ideal for germinating seedlings. These are cones of Pinus clausa of the SE USA. #Pinaceae #serotiny #Botany 🌾🧪🌱
February 9, 2026 at 11:30 AM
Fully aware and used to movement, but the mind disconnect would be a fucking trip. We'll find out once Second Sun is out abd I write Serotiny as the trilogy topper.
Also on topic, someone just liked an old post where I discuss the inspiration coincidently.
Also on topic, someone just liked an old post where I discuss the inspiration coincidently.
Taking a bit more inspiration from Dragon Ball and building on it (AKA writing), the two experience the literal definition of "becoming one flesh" by becoming one. Kalyana occasionally finds the experience orgasmic. Plus tons more to explore.
The cowards never did that with Kefla!
The cowards never did that with Kefla!
February 6, 2026 at 1:43 AM
Fully aware and used to movement, but the mind disconnect would be a fucking trip. We'll find out once Second Sun is out abd I write Serotiny as the trilogy topper.
Also on topic, someone just liked an old post where I discuss the inspiration coincidently.
Also on topic, someone just liked an old post where I discuss the inspiration coincidently.
Every novel of the Roseland Trilogy expands the scope.
Sanctuary took place in a nowhere town, and was fixated on a family.
Second Sun (WIP) involves the big city, countries, conspiracy, class conflict, politics, etc.
Serotiny will be interplanetary and reality bending. Apocalyptic & existential.
Sanctuary took place in a nowhere town, and was fixated on a family.
Second Sun (WIP) involves the big city, countries, conspiracy, class conflict, politics, etc.
Serotiny will be interplanetary and reality bending. Apocalyptic & existential.
#FebruaryWorldbuilders. What is the scope or size of your world, or the 'space' of the story you're writing? Does it take place on a planet? Across a galaxy? Perhaps you're only writing about one small country or even a city. Or perhaps you have many planets/worlds?
February 2, 2026 at 11:30 AM
Every novel of the Roseland Trilogy expands the scope.
Sanctuary took place in a nowhere town, and was fixated on a family.
Second Sun (WIP) involves the big city, countries, conspiracy, class conflict, politics, etc.
Serotiny will be interplanetary and reality bending. Apocalyptic & existential.
Sanctuary took place in a nowhere town, and was fixated on a family.
Second Sun (WIP) involves the big city, countries, conspiracy, class conflict, politics, etc.
Serotiny will be interplanetary and reality bending. Apocalyptic & existential.
no parallels here w/ other very significant plot beats at all btw :)
there are grasses and forbs coming out of the west shroud that haven't been seen since before the flood due to the sun exposure and heat of bahamut's flare activating seed serotiny. do we bury that life to bring the trees home?
there are grasses and forbs coming out of the west shroud that haven't been seen since before the flood due to the sun exposure and heat of bahamut's flare activating seed serotiny. do we bury that life to bring the trees home?
January 31, 2026 at 4:03 AM
no parallels here w/ other very significant plot beats at all btw :)
there are grasses and forbs coming out of the west shroud that haven't been seen since before the flood due to the sun exposure and heat of bahamut's flare activating seed serotiny. do we bury that life to bring the trees home?
there are grasses and forbs coming out of the west shroud that haven't been seen since before the flood due to the sun exposure and heat of bahamut's flare activating seed serotiny. do we bury that life to bring the trees home?
Serotiny takes place ~200y in the future, but has quite a few familiar faces. That Autemá 'peak performance' maintenance, and Verdá ability to craft a new body and then regenerate your old one to become someone new (if you want). Sad that May had to become Autemá while Victor and Ashe age normally.
January 17, 2026 at 2:58 AM
Serotiny takes place ~200y in the future, but has quite a few familiar faces. That Autemá 'peak performance' maintenance, and Verdá ability to craft a new body and then regenerate your old one to become someone new (if you want). Sad that May had to become Autemá while Victor and Ashe age normally.
And now that I know how Second Sun ends, I don't want to get into the ideas for Serotiny/ the trilogy's capstone.
Sanctuary was about the past catching up with you.
Second Sun is the big, wide world opening before you.
Serotiny is about the expanse of time and a lives lost within it.
Sanctuary was about the past catching up with you.
Second Sun is the big, wide world opening before you.
Serotiny is about the expanse of time and a lives lost within it.
January 17, 2026 at 12:51 AM
And now that I know how Second Sun ends, I don't want to get into the ideas for Serotiny/ the trilogy's capstone.
Sanctuary was about the past catching up with you.
Second Sun is the big, wide world opening before you.
Serotiny is about the expanse of time and a lives lost within it.
Sanctuary was about the past catching up with you.
Second Sun is the big, wide world opening before you.
Serotiny is about the expanse of time and a lives lost within it.
this is kinda how I write SS I find a cluster of words that go together like serotiny, serotine, serotinous and combine them in a sentence 😩 just wait...
January 14, 2026 at 3:46 AM
this is kinda how I write SS I find a cluster of words that go together like serotiny, serotine, serotinous and combine them in a sentence 😩 just wait...
Victor lowkey standing behind a man as a news stand opens and he buys a copy of Victor's paper with the major headline and story revealing Terra.
Victor watching the man's reaction while quietly whispering, "Here we go." Is actually how Second Sun ends.
Third novel planned, working title Serotiny.
Victor watching the man's reaction while quietly whispering, "Here we go." Is actually how Second Sun ends.
Third novel planned, working title Serotiny.
December 7, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Victor lowkey standing behind a man as a news stand opens and he buys a copy of Victor's paper with the major headline and story revealing Terra.
Victor watching the man's reaction while quietly whispering, "Here we go." Is actually how Second Sun ends.
Third novel planned, working title Serotiny.
Victor watching the man's reaction while quietly whispering, "Here we go." Is actually how Second Sun ends.
Third novel planned, working title Serotiny.
#FantasyIndiesNovember #WIPSnips #WritingCommunity #WriteSky
Last week, two powerful trans women settled their differences. bsky.app/profile/jayd...
This week: Tatyana wakes up in an acid prison. Only an existential awakening and superhuman resilience might save her in chapter "Serotiny".
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Last week, two powerful trans women settled their differences. bsky.app/profile/jayd...
This week: Tatyana wakes up in an acid prison. Only an existential awakening and superhuman resilience might save her in chapter "Serotiny".
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November 29, 2025 at 12:58 PM
#FantasyIndiesNovember #WIPSnips #WritingCommunity #WriteSky
Last week, two powerful trans women settled their differences. bsky.app/profile/jayd...
This week: Tatyana wakes up in an acid prison. Only an existential awakening and superhuman resilience might save her in chapter "Serotiny".
🧵1 of 2
Last week, two powerful trans women settled their differences. bsky.app/profile/jayd...
This week: Tatyana wakes up in an acid prison. Only an existential awakening and superhuman resilience might save her in chapter "Serotiny".
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Kind of! Their germination is activated by fire, which is called "serotiny." Fires are necessary part of the ecosystem out here, as long as they don't burn so hot that they destroy the seeds entirely.
November 20, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Kind of! Their germination is activated by fire, which is called "serotiny." Fires are necessary part of the ecosystem out here, as long as they don't burn so hot that they destroy the seeds entirely.
Alternative titles for Second Sun:
Serious: 'Serotiny'
Joke: 'Queer Women Have All the Fun.'
Serious: 'Serotiny'
Joke: 'Queer Women Have All the Fun.'
#Novmemeber 19
Give us an alternate title to your WIP. Another title you considered, your working title, or a joke title.
Potential examples:
Of Mice and Men was originally Something That Happened
The Da Vinci Code might've been ScavengerHuntWIP
Frankenstein could be How to Make a Guy in 10 Days
Give us an alternate title to your WIP. Another title you considered, your working title, or a joke title.
Potential examples:
Of Mice and Men was originally Something That Happened
The Da Vinci Code might've been ScavengerHuntWIP
Frankenstein could be How to Make a Guy in 10 Days
November 19, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Alternative titles for Second Sun:
Serious: 'Serotiny'
Joke: 'Queer Women Have All the Fun.'
Serious: 'Serotiny'
Joke: 'Queer Women Have All the Fun.'
Raine confronts Tatyana, and as Serotiny Temple is sovereign and she's High Priestess sentences Tat to death. The two Avatar-tier Autemá clash, with Tatyana winning.
They have a history and Tat didn't come looking to kill her, so she leaves, knowing Raine will try again.
The snip is that rematch.
They have a history and Tat didn't come looking to kill her, so she leaves, knowing Raine will try again.
The snip is that rematch.
November 14, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Raine confronts Tatyana, and as Serotiny Temple is sovereign and she's High Priestess sentences Tat to death. The two Avatar-tier Autemá clash, with Tatyana winning.
They have a history and Tat didn't come looking to kill her, so she leaves, knowing Raine will try again.
The snip is that rematch.
They have a history and Tat didn't come looking to kill her, so she leaves, knowing Raine will try again.
The snip is that rematch.
facility researching nuclear weapons with something on the level of a (highly focused) thermonuclear strike. Also lights up the night.
Part 3: Serotiny
A dying space station sends random messages to Kolybel. Select few realize a planet called Terra is humanity's origin. Their 'second sun' is Sol.
Part 3: Serotiny
A dying space station sends random messages to Kolybel. Select few realize a planet called Terra is humanity's origin. Their 'second sun' is Sol.
November 13, 2025 at 9:45 PM
facility researching nuclear weapons with something on the level of a (highly focused) thermonuclear strike. Also lights up the night.
Part 3: Serotiny
A dying space station sends random messages to Kolybel. Select few realize a planet called Terra is humanity's origin. Their 'second sun' is Sol.
Part 3: Serotiny
A dying space station sends random messages to Kolybel. Select few realize a planet called Terra is humanity's origin. Their 'second sun' is Sol.
Dr. Maya Rios - Pioneering Surgeon (created sex reassignment surgery) and Surgeon General of the VEC, ambitious and cutthroat to keep what she's earned.
Alec Zane - Aviation Engineer, pilot, daredevil, philosopher.
Raine - High Priestess of Serotiny, Autemá Avatar, stern defender and teacher.
Alec Zane - Aviation Engineer, pilot, daredevil, philosopher.
Raine - High Priestess of Serotiny, Autemá Avatar, stern defender and teacher.
October 22, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Dr. Maya Rios - Pioneering Surgeon (created sex reassignment surgery) and Surgeon General of the VEC, ambitious and cutthroat to keep what she's earned.
Alec Zane - Aviation Engineer, pilot, daredevil, philosopher.
Raine - High Priestess of Serotiny, Autemá Avatar, stern defender and teacher.
Alec Zane - Aviation Engineer, pilot, daredevil, philosopher.
Raine - High Priestess of Serotiny, Autemá Avatar, stern defender and teacher.
Find the people who remember the future
Before they and I forget.
When this clench fisted forest fire exhaust’s itself
Which it will,
Serotiny.
#PennedReveries #BeforeIForget #poem #poetry #writing #writingcommunity
@dmiddleham.bsky.social
Before they and I forget.
When this clench fisted forest fire exhaust’s itself
Which it will,
Serotiny.
#PennedReveries #BeforeIForget #poem #poetry #writing #writingcommunity
@dmiddleham.bsky.social
October 19, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Find the people who remember the future
Before they and I forget.
When this clench fisted forest fire exhaust’s itself
Which it will,
Serotiny.
#PennedReveries #BeforeIForget #poem #poetry #writing #writingcommunity
@dmiddleham.bsky.social
Before they and I forget.
When this clench fisted forest fire exhaust’s itself
Which it will,
Serotiny.
#PennedReveries #BeforeIForget #poem #poetry #writing #writingcommunity
@dmiddleham.bsky.social
Subtle Second Sun Details:
Serotiny Temple, the heart of Autemá training and research, High Priestess Raine is Tatyana's rival. However, two other Autemá are absent. You get Saffron named. Late, Ashni's name is dropped.
Thing from nature, a flavour, and word for lightning. See reply.
Serotiny Temple, the heart of Autemá training and research, High Priestess Raine is Tatyana's rival. However, two other Autemá are absent. You get Saffron named. Late, Ashni's name is dropped.
Thing from nature, a flavour, and word for lightning. See reply.
October 7, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Subtle Second Sun Details:
Serotiny Temple, the heart of Autemá training and research, High Priestess Raine is Tatyana's rival. However, two other Autemá are absent. You get Saffron named. Late, Ashni's name is dropped.
Thing from nature, a flavour, and word for lightning. See reply.
Serotiny Temple, the heart of Autemá training and research, High Priestess Raine is Tatyana's rival. However, two other Autemá are absent. You get Saffron named. Late, Ashni's name is dropped.
Thing from nature, a flavour, and word for lightning. See reply.
I think this story broke me, I thought writing it would get it out of my head, but I'm down worse now. So I guess I'm working on Serotiny now fora while...
October 3, 2025 at 2:31 AM
I think this story broke me, I thought writing it would get it out of my head, but I'm down worse now. So I guess I'm working on Serotiny now fora while...