Originated by Hiroshi Abe of Japan, this non-registered cultivar is a naturally occurring sport of the species Hosta kikutii.  It is a small size hosta with dark green foliage that is shiny and has slightly rippled margins. It forms a "beak-like" bract around the flower buds and bears clusters of near white flowers with purple anthers from late August into September.

According to Bob Solberg of Green Hill Farm in North Carolina, "Its flowers have extra tepals, (petals if you would prefer), usually three extra, so nine total. It is “half-double”, semidouble? Sometimes it has 8 tepals and sometimes 10 but I have never seen it completely double. It may have trouble setting seed but the pollen should be very viable. Hybridizers will love to play with this little gem not only for the flower possibilities but also the classic H. kikutii foliage traits.