Citrus are weird

[Crazy Diamond]

Several months ago a friend give me some cuttings of Citric caviar Microcitrus australasica, so I planted them in my usual method using plastic bottles as mini-greenhouses, before using them I had very bad luck with cuttings. They have been near a window in a warm place, pretty sure they have some root at this point, recently they started sweling buds what I thought was new growth but no they were florwer buds I hope they start growing new shoots also

 

[Mikecheck123]

Flowers are a bad sign. The tree should be prioritizing root growth if it's going to survive. But cuttings often give one final heave of desperation to pass on their genes by expending their last bit of energy on a flower.

 

[Wires_Guy_wires]

These citrus root pretty easily. I've been able to regrow one from a leaf callus culture.
I would clip the flower off though.

 

[Shibui]

Usually remove flowers on cuttings so that the cutting will concentrate efforts on rooting.
I've just potted up around 20 of these. Strike rate is high and they appear to grow quite well un grafted.
Prickly buggers though!

 

[OTown]

I air layered a lemon tree with the same result. It flowered profusely before pushing leaves. It's doing great 6 months since I cut from the mother tree.