# 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.

## Publications
### 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