Dear Jim and all, Yes there are two "chameleons' in the peony garden. The first is P. x chameleon Troitsky ex Grossheim, Flora Kavkaza 2: 92 (1930) a hybrid of P. daurica x P. mlokosewtschii. This is discussed briefly in 'The Genus Paeonia' (Halda & Waddick, 2004, Timber Press). According to Hong D-Y's newest views on this complex, both of these earlier species would now just be considered local forms of P. daurica. You can read some of the back ground at Paige Woodward's web site on peonies. Just scroll down to P. daurica at http://www.hillkeep.ca/ts%20paeonia.htm The second is a cultivar unfortunately named 'Chameleon' by Kreckler/Klehm (2001) can be seen at the Song Sparrow Nursery web site http://songsparrow.com/2008new/plantdetails.cfm/… I say unfortunate, because a registrar should not really accept a second name that is identical to one already used in the genus and easily confused in the literature and by growers. You can also see more info about both names on Carsten Burkhardt's remarkable site devoted peonies at http://paeo.de/navigation/name_ch.html and clicking on both chameleons there. And the peonies are starting to show some life this spring, here, too. Best Jim W. -- Dr. James W. Waddick 8871 NW Brostrom Rd. Kansas City Missouri 64152-2711 USA Ph. 816-746-1949 Zone 5 Record low -23F Summer 100F +