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.

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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