摘要:Light microscopy was used to study the graft union formation of splice graft in the elepidoterhododendrons cultivar 'Cunningham's White'. The fi rst visible reaction after grafting was theappearance of a necrotic layer between graft partners consisting of fragmented and compressedcells. Callus was visible six days after grafting and was formed from recent cambial derivativesand phloem rays cells. New cambium and tracheary elements were differentiated from callus cells.Newly differentiated cambium was slightly curved or had an S-shape, and it depended on rootstockand scion tissue matching. When initially the gap between the graft partners remained wide, callusproduced more new cambiums: one of them emerged between pre-existing cambium of graftcomponent and an uncommon one – in the pith region. The possible function of this uncommoncambium is discussed.