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’).