  We study collective dynamics of networks of mutually coupled identical Lorenz
oscillators near subcritical Hopf bifurcation. This system shows induced
multistable behavior with interesting spatio-temporal dynamics including
synchronization, desynchronization and chimera states. We find this network may
exhibit intermittent behavior due to the complex basin structures, where,
temporal dynamics of the oscillators in the ensemble switches between different
attractors. Consequently, different oscillators may show dynamics that is
intermittently synchronized (or desynchronized), giving rise to {\it
intermittent chimera states}. The behaviour of the intermittent laminar phases
is characterized by the characteristic time spend in the synchronization
manifold, which decays as power law. This intermittent dynamics is quite
general and can be extended for large number of oscillators interacting with
nonlocal, global and local coupling schemes.
