Alex Drum Hawkes


Alex Drum Hawkes 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.

Publications

Cookbooks and recipes
Newspapers, television and radio
Botanical works
The following plants or genera were named by Alex D. Hawkes or in his honor:
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