how does a mother plant work?

im still a bit fuzzy on cloning and the mother plant.
what happens after you have taken some cuttings off the bottom part of the plant?

do the branches grow back after you cut them off or do you just keep moving further up the plant and taking your clones?

does 1 branch=1clone or can you cut a longer shute into 2 clones?

how many clones can you take off at a time?

Hey you want to wait till the branch is big enouph so that you can take your cutting and there will betwo leafs left... several new branches will then grow out.

So what happens if cut the branch off below the leaflets? Will anything grow back there?