Text Wrap Problems

Hello,
I am new to InDesign, and am doing a trial for work. I am trying to create a flyer which involves wrapping text around a background image. I have followed instructions found online but cannot get any further that 'wrap text around image' as for some reason I cannot click on the 'contour options' drop down to select 'detect edges'.
I am trying to wrap the text around the leaves on the right hand side.
Any help would be great, thank you!

i am wondering if it could be something to do with the fact that I had to draw a rectangle over the part of the image I wanted to wrap the text around and work from this? I tried to following the instructions without the rectangle, selecting the whole leaf image, but when I selected 'wrap text around image' the text just vanished!

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