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Clare_CA wrote:
Davie, those aren't roots, but it is on its way to rooting. Those white things are lenticels:

Main Entry: len·ti·cel
Pronunciation: ˈlen-tə-ˌsel
Function: noun
Etymology: New Latin lenticella, diminutive of Latin lent-, lens lentil
Date: circa 1864
: a loose aggregation of cells which penetrates the surface (as of a stem) of a woody plant and through which gases are exchanged between the atmosphere and the underlying tissues

Roots come from the cambium and can come through the lenticels, but most come from the bottom. Here is what it should look like: