Botanic Gardens Trust, Sydney, Australia

Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water NSW

Amanda Rollason

Position
Horticultural Research Assistant

Branch
Science and Public Programs

Section
Conservation and Horticultural Research
Mount Annan Botanic Garden

Email
amanda.rollason@rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au 

Phone
+61 2 4634 7942

Fax
+61 2 4648 2465

Role

To assist with research into, and cultivation of, selected Australian plants including the Wollemi Pine (Wollemia nobilis), Waratah (Telopea speciossima) and Flannel flower (Actinotus helianthi).

Research interests

  • Growth of Wollemi Pine in response to environmental stresses such as drought and disease
  • Initiating tissue cultures of new species of interest, such as Persoonia and Amborella spp.

Current work and research projects

  • Propagation of the clonal collection of Wollemi Pine for the establishment of ex situ populations at Mount Tomah and Mount Annan Botanic Gardens
  •  Providing assistance in growth trials of the Wollemi Pine in response to water stress and varying light levels
  • Maintaining stock tissue culture collections of several varieties of Flannel Flower
  • Maintaining potted collections of selected Waratah hybrids for use in future research and breeding programs
  • Overseeing the initiation of cultures of epiphytic orchids by volunteers (for eventual sale through the ‘Growing Friends’).

 
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