Tropicals & Tender Perennials: ZeeZee Plant - can I divide it like a Hosta?, 1 by ceceoh

ceceoh wrote:
I bought this beautiful plant at our community garage sale yesterday, (5 bucks!) and I was wondering if I can divide it by chopping up the root ball? I read online about taking cuttings from it, but have seen nothing else about dividing. Forgive me if this is a "baby question". I don't have too many house plants, but I'm told the ZeeZees are very easy keepers.

Also, I have read that ZeeZees are very toxic, and that they can even poison clay pots, making them useless for any other type of plants. Is this true? I want to put it in a very pretty Roseville reproduction planter I bought, (It was 5 bucks, too!) but I don't want to ruin the pot by having it absorb ZeeZee poison!