Karoo-Grown.
Globally supplied.
Obesa Wholesale Nursery is based in Graaff-Reinet in the Eastern Cape — the heart of South Africa’s succulent karoo. We commercially cultivate, harvest, and export a vast range of rare succulents and cacti from across the world, including specimens from Madagascar, the Americas, and Africa. From architectural cacti to rare caudiciforms — we supply serious buyers globally at scale.
5,500+
Species on site
7 ha
Growing stock
500k+
Seed export capacity
A family rooted in rare plants
It started with Johan Bouwer — who established the original Obesa Nursery in Graaff-Reinet around 1985. A well loved retail destination that introduced the town and its visitors to the extraordinary world of rare succulents and cacti, Johan’s nursery laid the foundation for everything that followed.
His son Anton took that legacy and transformed it into something the world hadn’t seen from this corner of the Karoo — a large scale commercial operation exporting rare and architectural specimens to buyers across the globe.
Now in its second generation going on third, Obesa Wholesale Nursery stands as one of South Africa’s most significant rare plant operations — with fresh vision and ambition driving the business into new international markets and pushing the boundaries of what a Karoo nursery can achieve on the world stage.
Same town. Same family. Different scale.
Our specimens
This is Neoraimondia herzogiana.
Euphorbia obesa — world renowned.
Echinocactus grusonii
Dracaena draco
Agave titanota
Export operations
Crane extraction — specimen export
Container loading — Karoo to world
Packed to perfection
Ready to source at scale?
Whether you’re procurement for a major development, an international seed distributor, or a wholesale buyer — get in touch and we’ll send you our current catalogue.