Alex Drum Hawkes Explained

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

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

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

The following plants or genera were named by Alex D. Hawkes or in his honor:

(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

(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

Web site: Sub-Tropic Cookery. Sub-Tropic Cookery. 10 December 2018.
Web site: Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden > About Fairchild > Mission & History > Archive Collections > Dent Smith Collection. Fairchildgarden.org. 10 December 2018.
Web site: BCR Bromeliad Cultivar Register>. Registry.bsi.org. 10 December 2018.
Web site: Flickingeria. Aos.org. 10 December 2018.
Web site: Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries. Kiki.huh.harvard.edu. 10 December 2018.
Web site: The International Orchid Register / RHS Gardening. Apps.rhs.org.uk. 10 December 2018.
Web site: OrchidRoots. Bluenanta.com. 10 December 2018.
Web site: Sobralia helleri A.D. Hawkes 1966. Sobralia.autrevie.com. 10 December 2018.
Web site: Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries. Kiki.huh.harvard.edu. 10 December 2018.