This is probably a a stupid question and knit picky. I have a cutting I checked today while potting up another one. It had a lot of great roots I did not see udner the paper towel, but they were at the end which I guess would techincally be up and there was some growth coming out of buds, but pointing in the direction of the roots, so when I potted it they are now pointing down. Is this ok?

I personally would plant horizontal or bury the cutting with tip near the surface. You can tell which side is up by looking at the position of the bud in relation to the leaf scar. Buds are always above the leaf scar.

This past winter I buried a bunch of trees as well as a few cuttings. With one of the local varieties I found, I had buried a rooted division and one cutting. The cutting had started to root a little so I potted it up along with the division.

Little did I know that roots on the cutting were growing from the 'top' end only. When it started sending out a bud, it grew downward in the direction of the pot. Once the new growth got a little length to it, it started turning upward. It's still doing fine. When I re-plant it I might just bury it up to the new growth. The new growth will eventually develope roots & I'll never be able to tell that the cutting had been started upside-down.

Just my experience but I really don't think planting your cuttings inversed will hurt anything - as long as you have some buds above (or close to it) the soil line. Eventually everything should work out just fine. 

Thanks guys, I'm going to see if I can find anything a bigger to pot it in and see how I can do it, but I might just have to leave it the way it is and see what happens. I don't know if I will have time to run around to find something for one cutting.

I accidentally did this with a panachee cutting, it didn't survive when I moved it to the 1 gallon, perhaps the horizontal would be a bit better?

Ok, I repotted it today. I took two 1 liter soda bottles and put them together to make a long container and i potted the cutting with just a little bit of the tip sticking out. We will see what happens...