Have you tried Hynes? They are usually good with names too. If they don't have the full name at least they have the family.

Rose

Hi Moksha, I have a cactus which is named as Stenocactus thurberi. I'm not sure if it is the same as your wanting. It's been growing in a pot since maybe the mid 80's I think. It has no offsets, and has never flowered. And is about 10 inches high. Very very slow grower. I think I must have picked it up from a nursey when very small, but can't remember where.
I'll post a photo in the Oz Garden Gallery in the next few days. Probably about Tuesday as I don't think I'm going to have time between now and then.. But you never know.. I may get to it sooner.. Good luck with finding one... Pauline

Thanks for the reply Pauline,

It's highly unlikely that yours is a S.thurberi. This is large, clustering cactus hence it's name - organpipe cactus. Stenocereus are generally big cacti.

Feel free to still post the photo though.
Maybe we can work out what it really is! ; )

I've posted the picture in the gallery with a message. I had trouble getting it to load and now it's just a small piccy.. I'll have to play around a bit more and figure out how things are done....(when I have time) I have a lot of cactus and would love to show you all some of them...
Pauline

I AM INTERESTED IN CEREUS GENERALLY . I HAVE NOT COME ACCROSS THIS HOWEVER . I WOULD LOVE TO SEE A PICTURE OF IT

I bought mine a few years at Gardenworld(VIC). I have had it growing in a large rectangular foam box with other columnar cacti for the past 3 years. I purchase it as a 5cm seedling and it probably has doubled in height in all that time, so a very slow grower. Although it might grow a bit faster if I could keep it warmer year-round. I live in Melbourne!

My two cents worth. I have a Stenocereus thurberi that I bought ten years ago that was about five inches tall when I bought it. It survived indoors with little water or sun for about seven years and then I got the idea to set it outside on a hot balcony for the Summer. It got a rather significant amount of rain and what do you know, it grew. Not much but it is now maybe ten inches tall. It only grows about an inch every Summer on my balcony in full sun. It is going to get a six inch pot early 2006 and it'll be back out next Summer. Altman Plants or Cactus collection.com. I also saw some on Stickysituation.com -CJ