Alex Drum Hawkes

Alex Drum Hawkes (1927–1977) was an American botanist and cookbook author that 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 & authentic regional recipes.

Alex Drum Hawkes
Born1927
Houlton, ME
Died1977
Kingston, Jamaica
CitizenshipAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Miami
Scientific career
FieldsBotany Cooking
Author abbrev. (botany)A.D.Hawkes

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 La Yacona
  • 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

Newspapers, television and radio

  • Garden Club of the Air (1960) WTHS-TV, Miami,Florida
  • The Miami Herald (1960s)
  • Miami News (1960s)
  • The Tropical Gardener (1961) WTHS-TV, Miami,Florida
  • Tropical Gardener (1962) Radio - WFFG, Marathon, Florida Keys (World's Finest Fishing Grounds)
  • St. Petersburg Times 'Florida Cookery' (Late 1960s)
  • The Lakeland Ledger 'Sub-Tropic Cookery', Florida (1970s - 1977)
  • Jamaica Gleaner (1960s - 1977) Kingston, Jamaica
  • 'What's Cooking' Radio Jamaica (1970s)

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
Hybrids
  • (Bromeliaceae) Neoregelia 'Alex D. Hawkes' tristis X marmorata Flickinger, 1960
  • (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

References

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  5. "Flickingeria". Aos.org. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
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