I just want to comment that maybe we should consider the possibilty that because the Top cutting did not need to make any new shoots, that it might have been first to make roots instead? Just offering this possibility.
I did a Gracilis cutting, and i think it was a sure thing, but no, out of 5, I got only 1 left and that is the top cutting. Paphioboy, your experience is the opposite of mine. Top cutting, almost surely will survive, Woody cuttings, almost surely die.. for me.
TTFN
Arvin