These varieties are constantly surprising. Some grow fast on top, some root quickly, some do nothing, some wait forever to start, some are robust, some are weaklings, some have some cuttings succeed while others from the same tree--even the same branch--languish, then fail. I even had a locally-procured Black Mission cutting I had planted upside down for over a month root wildly once I inverted it. But I included the Maroc Noir pics because those roots are outlying freaks
I'm just starting all the cuttings in a barely-moistened orchid sphagnum inside cheap Walmart plastic shoeboxes kinda burrito-ed within an electric blanket set at 74-76 degrees, 9 - 12 varieties at a time. Once I see 1/2 - 1" roots, I move them to a 24 oz. "3 cup" setup using equal parts ProMix HP, perlite and vermiculite, and then move to an east-facing windowbox. That's actually a quite substantial volume of media, and I'm keeping them in there until the top growth seems to come into balance with the roots, then sorta harden them off a little by gradually removing the humidity dome cup
After a couple weeks of the uncovered experience, I've been moving them--still in their two 24 oz. bottom cups-- outdoors on top of an old 4' x 8' wooden fence panel on a spot of grass under a big old quite shady mesquite. Once they start to look a little rootbound in the cups, I move them either to trade gallon (really, about 3 quarts only--i measured) plastic pots and carriers I got for free on Craigslist or to the 4x4x9 treepots I actually paid money for, using the same media with just a tiny amount of azomite, michorrizae fungi (sp?) and a little bit of slow-release organic fertilizer thrown in, and watered occasionally with a very dilute fish emulsion and Silica Blast solution. Again, the varieties respond differentially to this brew, some growing quickly, some hesitating as I move them to the bigger pots. Two of the 47 treelets Ive moved up to the 1 gal size so far subsequently failed, both Desert King. Dunno why