Cut flowers of all of the 5 cultivars tested showed virtually no chilling injury (CI) symptoms when stored in water at 12 ◦ C, but did show CI symptoms during storage in water at 4 ◦ C. The CI symptoms were mainly a change of spathe colour (Fig. 1). The colour change depended on the initial colour. The white spathe of cv. Angel and the light pink spathe of cv. Cheers turned brown (Fig. 1). The darker pink spathe of cv. Tropical lost glossiness and colour and turned to a brown-like colour at the main vascular bundles. The green spathe of cv. Pistache lost glossiness and developed brown areas. The red spathe of cv. Casino lost both glossiness and colour, but did not show browning even by day 20 (Fig. 1). Red and pink spathes tended to become bluish. The spadix became desiccated, starting from the top.