its not pistols, its at the heads of the secondary growths, and at
the top of the main stem, it looks
like, i dont know, instead of where you would see the new growth
reaching out there are lots of green strands kind of making a
poofy ball at the tops of all the growths...

as far as mis diagnosis... there are like 50 balls all over the top
of this plant... definatly male...

ill get some pics later.