Alex Drum Hawkes


Alex Drum Hawkes was an American botanist and cookbook author who lived in Coconut Grove, Florida and Kingston, Jamaica. Hawkes 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 and Latin America during the 1940s to the 1970s collecting plants and authentic regional recipes.

Publications

Cookbooks and recipes

Botanical works

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

Homages

The following plants or genera were named by Hawkes or in his honor:
; Genera:FlickingeriaGrafia HelleriellaHellerorchisKatherineaMendoncellaParaphalaenopsis
; Hybrids:Neoregelia 'Alex D. Hawkes' tristis X marmorata Flickinger, 1960Brassavola 'Yaki' Brassavola cucullata × B. nodosa A.D.Hawkes, 1946Cymbidium 'Katherine Hawkes Chatham' Cym. Dainty × Cym. floribundum A.D.Hawkes, 1964Encyclia 'Alex Hawkes' Encyclia oncidioides × Encyclia diurna Moir, 1969Prosavola 'Alex Hawkes' Brassavola nodosa x Prosthechea mariae Flickinger, 1964Renanthera 'Alex Hawkes' Renanthera coccinea x Renanthera storiei Moir, 1954
; Species:Aporum hendersonii syn. Dendrobium hendersonii syn. Dendrobium rudolphii A.D.Hawkes & A.H.Heller, 1957Dendrobium garayanum A.D.Hawkes & A.H.Heller, 1957Dendrobium hawkesii A.H.Heller, 1957Dendrobium hellerianum A.D.Hawkes, 1957Epidendrum hawkesii A.H.Heller, 1966Epidendrum hellerianum A.D.Hawkes, 1966Helleriella nicaraguensis A.D.Hawkes, 1966Hellerorchis handroi syn. Gomesa handroi syn. Rodrigueziella handroi A.D.Hawkes, 1959Hellerorchis gomezioides syn. Gomesa gomezoides A.D.Hawkes, 1959Lepanthes helleri A.D.Hawkes, 1966Mycaranthes hawkesii A.H.Heller, 1983Pecteilis hawkesiana King & Pantl., 2003Pleurothallis helleri A.D.Hawkes, 1966Pleurothallis hawkesii syn. Restrepia brachypus A.D.Hawkes, 1963Sobralia hawkesii A.H.Heller, 1966Sobralia helleri A.D.Hawkes, 1966Tolumnia hawkesiana Moir, 1986Vanilla helleri A.D.Hawkes, 1966Coussapoa cayennensis A.D.Hawkes, 1948