Cut Japanese honeysuckle re-shooting in trees!

Sections of thick vine (eg 1cmDiam) cut at both ends to a variety of lengths, as short as 40cm, and left in trees to dry, are observed budding at nodes at least a week after cutting.
https://inaturalist.nz/observations/13975620

It will be useful to learn how much these unrooted sections can grow before dying. Could they produce runners that grow enough to reach the ground and re-root?

Posted on Ιούλιος 03, 2018 0902 ΜΜ by kaipatiki_naturewatch