Alex Drum Hawkes

Alex Drum Hawkes (1927–1977) was an American botanist and cookbook author who lived in Coconut Grove, Florida & Kingston, Jamaica. Alex specialized in orchids, bromeliads, palm trees, fruits, vegetables, and nuts. Named the orchid genera Flickingeria, and Paraphalaenopsis and travelled the world extensively, particularly the Caribbean & Latin America during the 1940s - 1970s collecting plants and authentic regional recipes.

Cookbooks and recipes

 * Editor of The Horticulture Publications, Coconut Grove, Florida
 * Editor of COOKERY NOTES (1960s-70s) Coconut Grove, Florida (FL.) Recipes by Alex D. Hawkes
 * South Florida Cookery: Unique Recipes from the Tropics and Elsewhere (1964) Wake-Brook House, Coral Gables, Florida
 * Tropical Cookery (1960s)
 * The Shrimp Cookbook: 140 Wonderful Ways To Serve Shrimp (1966) Culinary Arts Institute, Chicago, Illinois
 * A World of Vegetable Cookery: An encyclopedic treasury of recipes, botany, and lore of the vegetable kingdom (1968) Simon & Schuster, New York [Rev. ed. 1984] illustrations by Bill Goldsmith
 * Cooking with vegetables : an encyclopedic treasury of recipes, botany, and lore of the vegetable kingdom (REVISED)
 * Eating Out in Jamaica: A Unique Guide to Good Eating (1971) DMP Publications Ltd., Kingston, Jamaica
 * The Rum Cookbook (1972) William Collins & Sangster, Jamaica Photography by Maria LaYacona
 * The Flavors of The Caribbean & Latin America: a personal collection of recipes (1977) Viking, New York illustrations by Lynda West Compiled & Foreword by Elisabeth Lambert Ortiz

Botanical works

 * The Gardener's Pocketbook (1950) The National Horticultural Magazine
 * The Major Kinds of Palms (1950 - 1952) Fairchild Tropical Garden, Coconut Grove / Coral Gables, Florida
 * The Orchid Journal An International Review of Orchidology (1952 - 1953) Berkeley, California - Official Publication of The International Orchid Society
 * Orchid Weekly (1958-1967) The Horticulture Publications, Coconut Grove, Florida
 * Palm Papers (1950s) The Horticulture Publications, Coconut Grove, Florida
 * Bromeliad Papers (1958-1967) The Horticulture Publications, Coconut Grove, Florida
 * Tropical Plants (1950s-1960s) The Horticulture Publications, Coconut Grove, Florida
 * Cultural Directions For Orchids (1959) The Horticultural Publications
 * Orchids Their Botany & Culture (1961) Harper & Brothers, New York
 * Tropics Magazine (1962) © Alex D. Hawkes (The Horticulture Publications, Coconut Grove, Florida)
 * The Four Arts Garden : history and catalogue of the labeled plants (1964) Garden Club of Palm Beach, Florida
 * Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids, an illustrated descriptive manual of the members of the Orchidaceae currently in cultivation (1965) Faber & Faber, London
 * Guide to Plants of the Everglades National Park (1965) Tropic Isle Publishers, Coral Gables, Florida
 * A Plantman's Guide to Jamaica (1969)
 * Wild Flowers of Jamaica (1974) Collins & Sangster, Great Britain illustrations by Brenda C. Sutton
 * Illustrated Plants of Jamaica (1974) J. Wray & Nephew, Jamaica

Hommages
The following plants or genera were named by Alex D. Hawkes or in his honor:
 * Genera:
 * (Orchidaceae) Flickingeria
 * (Orchidaceae) Grafia (now Phalaenopsis)
 * (Orchidaceae) Helleriella
 * (Orchidaceae) Hellerorchis
 * (Orchidaceae) Katherinea
 * (Orchidaceae) Mendoncella
 * (Orchidaceae) Paraphalaenopsis


 * Hybrids:
 * (Bromeliaceae) Neoregelia 'Alex D. Hawkes' tristis X marmorata Flickinger, 1960
 * (Orchidaceae) Brassavola 'Yaki' Brassavola cucullata × B. nodosa A.D.Hawkes, 1946
 * (Orchidaceae) Cymbidium 'Katherine Hawkes Chatham' Cym. Dainty × Cym. floribundum A.D.Hawkes, 1964
 * (Orchidaceae) Encyclia 'Alex Hawkes' Encyclia oncidioides × Encyclia diurna Moir, 1969
 * (Orchidaceae) Prosavola 'Alex Hawkes' Brassavola nodosa x Prosthechea mariae Flickinger, 1964
 * (Orchidaceae) Renanthera 'Alex Hawkes' Renanthera coccinea x Renanthera storiei Moir, 1954
 * (Orchidaceae) × Rhyncholaeliocattleya 'Alex Hawkes' Rhyncholaeliocattleya cliftonii x Cattleya Mount Royal Wright, 1949


 * Species:
 * (Orchidaceae) Aporum hendersonii syn. Dendrobium hendersonii syn. Dendrobium rudolphii A.D.Hawkes & A.H.Heller, 1957
 * (Orchidaceae) Dendrobium garayanum A.D.Hawkes & A.H.Heller, 1957
 * (Orchidaceae) Dendrobium hawkesii A.H.Heller, 1957
 * (Orchidaceae) Dendrobium hellerianum A.D.Hawkes, 1957
 * (Orchidaceae) Epidendrum hawkesii A.H.Heller, 1966
 * (Orchidaceae) Epidendrum hellerianum A.D.Hawkes, 1966
 * (Orchidaceae) Helleriella nicaraguensis A.D.Hawkes, 1966
 * (Orchidaceae) Hellerorchis handroi syn. Gomesa handroi syn. Rodrigueziella handroi A.D.Hawkes, 1959
 * (Orchidaceae) Hellerorchis gomezioides (Barb.Rodr.) syn. Gomesa gomezoides A.D.Hawkes, 1959
 * (Orchidaceae) Lepanthes helleri A.D.Hawkes, 1966
 * (Orchidaceae) Mycaranthes hawkesii A.H.Heller, 1983
 * (Orchidaceae) Pecteilis hawkesiana King & Pantl., 2003
 * (Orchidaceae) Pleurothallis helleri A.D.Hawkes, 1966
 * (Orchidaceae) Pleurothallis hawkesii syn. Restrepia brachypus A.D.Hawkes, 1963
 * (Orchidaceae) Sobralia hawkesii A.H.Heller, 1966
 * (Orchidaceae) Sobralia helleri A.D.Hawkes, 1966
 * (Orchidaceae) Tolumnia hawkesiana Moir, 1986
 * (Orchidaceae) Vanilla helleri A.D.Hawkes, 1966
 * (Moraceae) Coussapoa cayennensis A.D.Hawkes, 1948